Bestselling author and Business Insider senior reporter Phil Rosen delivers a stylish debut work of fiction.
A Manhattan writer discovers a miracle in a slaughterhouse. A never-ending night unfolds in a jazz club. The smartest doctor in the world wants to forgo everything to pursue obscurity. A broken marriage realizes its vulnerabilities.
This collection of striking, atmospheric stories is populated by people that grapple with the fears and uncertainties that define everyday life. In sketches ranging from the grandest heights of Manhattan society to the anonymous streets of New York, compelling characters discover their demons, confront heartbreak, and learn to stumble through life in the dreamy, oppressive city.
As you turn through pages of spare prose and smart dialogue, Life Between Moments: New York Stories will give you a fresh glimpse into an old city, and remind you why tales of the Big Apple have resonated for centuries.
"This patchwork of stories captures the very fabric of New York City. Each narrative thread is thrilling, sinuous and, somehow, familiar. Rosen has the rare power to make indelible impressions in the space of a page."
"Phil Rosen folds operatic tragedy into bite-sized morsels, each tale a punch in the gut. His characters ache for what might have been. Yet these stories are surprising, subordinating expectations to whim and wilfulness."
"This collection of short stories teaches us to look around and notice others...it is sometimes violent, rough, and uncomfortable but written with such gentleness."
