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Published: 16th January 2001
ISBN: 9780684870052
Number Of Pages: 288
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When the austere and moving title story of this collection appeared in "The New Yorker" in 1993, it inspired two memorable film adaptations, and John Updike selected it for inclusion in "The Best American Short Stories of the Century." In these ten stories, Alice Elliott Dark visits the fictional town of Wynnemoor and its residents, present and past, with skill, compassion, and wit. By turns funny, sad, and disturbing, these are stories of remarkable power.
Elle Wise, funny, and wrenching, Dark's stories illuminate the hidden corners of her complex characters' lives, catching them in the painfully comic acts of being themselves. Anne Stephenson USA Today Dark...writes with great sympathy for the complexity of ordinary lives. [H]er stories are like the proverbial iceberg: We look at the tip but are compelled to think about all that's hidden below. Joyce Carol Oates The New York Review of Books Beautifully composed...each story exudes the gravitas of a radically distilled novel. Jennie Yabroff San Francisco Chronicle [Dark] can do a certain kind of writing about a certain kind of love, and break her reader's heart without seeming to try.
| In the Gloaming | |
| Dreadful Language | |
| The Jungle Lodge | |
| Triage | |
| The Tower | |
| The Secret Spot | |
| Close | |
| Maniacs | |
| Home | |
| Watch the Animals | |
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ISBN: 9780684870052
ISBN-10: 0684870053
Series: Stories
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 288
Published: 16th January 2001
Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 20.32 x 12.7
x 1.91
Weight (kg): 0.3
Edition Number: 1
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