Hubris on Roller Skates: Short Stories for Smart People
David Satterlee
- David’s
- very
- human
- stories
- explore
- the
- extremes
- of
- life,
- loss,
- and
- love.
- In
- this
- collection,
- he
- crafts
- touching
- stories
- of
- gender
- relations
- and
- explores
- the
- emotions
- of
- women
- of
- all
- ages.
- In
- fact,
- a
- startling
- number
- of
- these
- stories
- are
- in
- a
- woman’s
- voice.
- He
- lampoons
- and
- surprises
- –
- ranging
- from
- the
- courts
- of
- Assyrian
- kings
- to
- the
- future
- of
- inter-species
- communication.
- He
- treats
- us
- to
- science
- fiction,
- perky
- teens,
- cunning
- old
- men,
- clumsy
- gods,
- touching
- romances
- and
- much
- more
- --
- often
- with
- a
- surprise
- ending
- twist.
- David
- has
- a
- sly
- sense
- of
- humor
- that
- enjoys
- irony,
- bad
- puns,
- and
- tongue-in-cheek
- allusions.These
- short
- stories
- often
- deal
- with
- the
- consequences
- of
- hubris
- --
- acting
- with
- excessive
- self-importance.
- This
- develops
- the
- theme
- of
- his
- previous
- collection,
- "Life
- Will
- Get
- You
- in
- the
- End."
- Some
- stories
- are
- about
- grown-up
- issues.“[His
- writing
- is]
- humorous,
- bold,
- and
- adventurous
- all
- at
- once
- …
- channeled
- through
- a
- facility
- for
- language
- and
- the
- music
- of
- words.”“I
- recommend
- these
- short
- stories
- to
- smart
- people.
- David
- has
- indulged
- his
- subtle
- wit
- and
- rich
- vocabulary.
- He
- does
- not
- use
- word
- pretentiously,
- but
- with
- precision
- and
- beauty.
- He
- does
- not
- spoon-feed
- every
- detail
- but,
- like
- other
- good
- literature,
- leaves
- morsels
- on
- the
- table
- to
- be
- picked
- up,
- examined,
- chewed
- and savored.”
