Deep Tissue

Jeff Tapia's collection Deep Tissue is written in a preposterously excruciating style that mimics the often preposterous and excruciating everydayness of modern life. In the title story, a man seeks revenge against his soon-to-be ex-wife by destroying her new kitchen appliance. In "Fear's," a disgruntled security guard asks his good-natured buddy to help him cut off his foot. The middle-aged woman in "The Dark Continent" keeps the lump in her breast a secret from her new partner only to discover - belatedly - that he has a secret of his own. Mimicking the soulless rummage of the information age, Deep Tissue explores the poignant needs and desires of everyday people engulfed in a phony world.

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Deep Tissue

Jeff Tapia's collection Deep Tissue is written in a preposterously excruciating style that mimics the often preposterous and excruciating everydayness of modern life. In the title story, a man seeks revenge against his soon-to-be ex-wife by destroying her new kitchen appliance. In "Fear's," a disgruntled security guard asks his good-natured buddy to help him cut off his foot. The middle-aged woman in "The Dark Continent" keeps the lump in her breast a secret from her new partner only to discover - belatedly - that he has a secret of his own. Mimicking the soulless rummage of the information age, Deep Tissue explores the poignant needs and desires of everyday people engulfed in a phony world.

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Deep Tissue

Deep Tissue

by Jeff Tapia
Deep Tissue

Deep Tissue

by Jeff Tapia

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Overview

Jeff Tapia's collection Deep Tissue is written in a preposterously excruciating style that mimics the often preposterous and excruciating everydayness of modern life. In the title story, a man seeks revenge against his soon-to-be ex-wife by destroying her new kitchen appliance. In "Fear's," a disgruntled security guard asks his good-natured buddy to help him cut off his foot. The middle-aged woman in "The Dark Continent" keeps the lump in her breast a secret from her new partner only to discover - belatedly - that he has a secret of his own. Mimicking the soulless rummage of the information age, Deep Tissue explores the poignant needs and desires of everyday people engulfed in a phony world.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781604890891
Publisher: Livingston Press
Publication date: 05/30/2012
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Jeff Tapia is the author of two plays and short fiction in German and the recipient of an Austrian national writing grant. He grew up in a suburb of St. Louis and studied German at Brown. He now lives in Austria and works as a translator.
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