Awesome
review for Emilio Iasiello's Why
People Do What They Do
I
love reading Short Stories, and this collection by Emilio Iasiello, is a lucid
and penetrable read. From the opening "Sharks" story, I was
immediately pulled into the character's psyche because of Iasiello's crisp and
vivid language, and the terrible phobias that lurk within all of us. Having a
childhood fear of water, I immediately identified with the central character's
plight. By the end of reading the short, I felt I was literally swimming with
sharks, which is a metaphor for so many of our human fears. The collection of
stories are told in the first person, from a variety of characters, all of whom
are battling their inner demons. Isaiello opens the dark cupboard of human
guilt and fear with his collection of short stories that will remain in your
consciousness long after reading.
— Tony Lee Moral,
author of Playing Mrs. Kingston
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