All the Happiness You Deserve
Piafsky's captivating, Tarot-inspired debut depicts the dramatic arc of an Everyman's life from childhood to old age.
"Brilliant . . . Michael Piafsky is a word wizard . . . with prose so dramatic and suspenseful that the book becomes impossible to put down." ―Foreword Reviews
This dazzling debut novel follows its midwestern narrator from childhood to old age as he examines the touchpoints and transitions that define a life. Scotty's languorous journey takes him through the pivotal experiences common to so many American men: a middle-class childhood, college, marriage, fatherhood, cross-country moves, business success and failure, and aging. Piafsky frames his story with Tarot images that speak to the disconnectedness of society and the perplexing isolation of the human condition.
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Book details
- Author
- Michael Piafsky
- Imprint
- Prospect Park Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 304
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Fiction › Coming of Age
Fiction › Literary
Fiction › Biographical & Autofiction - Topics
- coming of age · life story · American Midwest · marriage and family · tarot · masculinity · aging
- ISBN-13
- 9781938849152
About the author
MICHAEL PIAFSKY is an associate professor and director of creative writing at Spring Hill College in Alabama. He is the author of All the Happiness You Deserve.
An excerpt from All the Happiness You Deserve was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Piafsky earned an MA in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University and a PhD from the University of Missouri, and served as an editor of the Missouri Review. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Meridian, Epic, and Bar Stories, among others.
Michael is a Montreal native.