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Series
Many voices project volume no. 126
Language
English
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Description
Contains a collection of short stories by Nick Healy about life in small town Minnesota and the challenges of the human condition.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Young couples gather to participate in an annual "chainsaw party," cutting down trees for firewood in anticipation of the winter. A group of men spend a weekend hunting for mushrooms in the wilderness where they grew up, and where some still find themselves trapped. An aging environmentalist takes out his frustration and anger on a singular, unsuspecting target. A woman helps another get revenge against a man whose crime extends far beyond him to...
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Language
English
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Description
"[A] remarkable collection . . . Bold and addictive, Going Away Shoes is a find." -People
The foibles of the people in Jill McCorkle's world are so familiar that we want nothing so much as to watch them walk into-and then get out of-life's inevitable traps. Here, in her first collection in eight years, McCorkle collects eleven brand-new stories bristling with her characteristic combination of wit and weight.
In honeymoon shoes, mud-covered...
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Compiles a collection of forty-seven short stories by the author, modeled after character sketches written by ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus. Each short story highlights the quirks and eccentricities of particular individuals.
Author
Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
223 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of nine stories navigates the fragile space between love and loneliness. In "Property", a young scholar, grieving the sudden death of his wife, decides to refurbish the Maine rental house they were to share together by removing the landlord's possessions. In "Peter Elroy," the household of a successful filmaker is visited years later by his famous first subject, whose trust he betrayed. In "The Lost & Found Department of Great Boston,"...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
157 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jonathan Lethem's third collection of stories uncovers a father's nervous breakdown at SeaWorld in "Pending Vegan"; a foundling child rescued from the woods during a blizzard in "Traveler Home"; a political prisoner in a hole in a Brooklyn street in "Procedure in Plain Air"; and a crumbling, haunted "blog" on a seaside cliff in "The Dreaming Jaw, The Salivating Ear." Each of these locates itself in Lethem-land, which can be discovered only by visiting....
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Language
English
Description
This powerful collection of short stories from the beloved author of A Wrinkle in Time--curated by one of L'Engle's granddaughters--traces an emotional arc inspired by Madeleine L'Engle's early life and career. From her lonely childhood in New York to her life as a mother in small-town Connecticut, each story illustrates how L'Engle's personal experiences and stormy faith informed the creation of her many cherished works. A child learns, for the first...
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Language
English
Description
"A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant...
13) Windeye
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Haunting, gripping, and psychologically fierce tales that illuminate an unsettling side of. Featuring the O. A woman falling out of sync with the world; a king's servant hypnotized by his murderous horse; a transplanted ear with a mind of its own-the characters in these twenty-five stories live as interlopers in a world shaped by mysterious disappearances and unfathomable discrepancies between the real and imagined, revealing the breadth and depth...
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Language
English
Description
Holly Gibney (from Stephen King's Bill Hodges trilogy and The outsider) must face her fears and possibly another outsider--this time on her own. In "Mr. Harrigan's Phone," an intergenerational friendship has a disturbing afterlife. "The Life of Chuck" explores, beautifully, how each of us contains multitudes. And in "Rat," a struggling writer must contend with the darker side of ambition. If these stories show King's range, they also prove that certain...
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 300 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Most readers know Truman Capote as the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood; or they remember his notorious social life and wild and witty public appearances. But he was also the author of superb short tales that were as elegant as they were heartfelt, as grotesque as they were compassionate. Now, on the occasion of what would have been his eightieth birthday, the Modern Library presents the first collection that includes all of Capote's...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Grand Union explores a wide range of subjects, from first loves to cultural despair, as well as the desire to be the subject of your own experience. In captivating prose, she contends with race, class, relationships, and gender roles in a world that feels increasingly divided.
"Zadie Smith has established herself as one of the most iconic, critically respected, and popular writers of her generation. In her first short story collection, she combines...
20) Trajectory
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
"In this pair of novellas and two stories, Russo's characters bear little similarity to the blue-collar citizens we're familiar with from most of his novels. In "Horseman," a tenured professor confronts a young plagiarist as well as her own weaknesses as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches--"And after that, who knew?" In "Intervention," a realtor facing an ominous medical prognosis finds himself in his father's shadow while he presses forward, or...