Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction – serie
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13 produkter
Allegheny Front
Häftad, 2016
276 kr
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Set in the author's homeland of West Virginia, this panoramic collection of stories traces the people and animals who live in precarious balance in the mountains of Appalachia over a span of two hundred years, in a disappearing rural world. With omniscient narration, rich detail, and lyrical prose, …
Impossible Children
Av Robert Yune
Häftad, 2019
181 kr
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In these inventive short stories, characters must navigate an impossible world: America as we know it. Two estranged brothers on a road trip attempt to reconcile but end up at a Revolutionary War reenactment camp; a young woman moves in with her boyfriend and discovers an eerily personalized …
Where You're All Going
Av Joan Frank
Häftad, 2020
184 kr
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Buzzfeed News,"15 Small Press Books To Kick Off Your 2020 Reading Season" The Millions, “February Preview: The Millions Most Anticipated” "Death looms in these four sparkling novellas—thus the book’s sly title—but until then there’s the wonder of life. Frank’s subjects include fascinating …
Big Bad
Häftad, 2021
184 kr
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Within the thirteen stories of Whitney Collins’s Big Bad dwells a hunger that’s dark, deep, and hilarious. Part domestic horror, part flyover gothic, Big Bad serves up real-world predicaments in unremarkable places (motels, dormitories, tiki bars), all with Collins’s heart-wrenching flavor of …
Man with Eight Pairs of Legs
Häftad, 2022
184 kr
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A Man with Eight Pairs of Legs is about the ways our bodies are marked by memory, often literally, and the risky decisions we make when pushed to the extreme. Winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, this collection of short stories is a study in compassion and in passion, a must-read …
New Race of Men from Heaven
Av Chaitali Sen
Häftad, 2023
184 kr
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Kirkus Reviews, "Best Fiction Books of the Year"Kirkus Reviews, "20 Best Books to Read in January"Kirkus Reviews, "Yes, You Can Read Short Stories in Shuffle Mode"Book Riot, "15 Excellent 2023 Short Story Collections by Asian Authors"Liberty Hardy, "Favorite Books of 2023"Electric Literature, …
Drowned Boy
Stories
Häftad, 2010
167 kr
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"These [stories] are rust-belt blues, then, a vision of and lament for a past time and a swiftly changing place. They're not showythe language is plain, the tragedy muted, the comedy low-key and wrybut they stick in the mind. Ray Carver would recognize these characters and situations, as would …
Something in My Eye
Stories
Häftad, 2012
172 kr
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"I was drawn to Michael Jeffrey Lee's line-up of loners and drifters, imperiled children, and haunted psychos neither because I want to hang out with these bad boys, nor because I plan to cross the street when I see them coming, but because the invitation to inhabit their minds, to see the world …
Rise
Stories
Häftad, 2012
172 kr
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The stories in Rise are fairytales, except that the witch, lucky Hans, and the frog prince are characters at the fringes of everyday life. There are rockets, swells of starlings, and children who disappear into thin air. L. Annette Binder writes magical tales with authority and restraint, and we …
Fire Year
Häftad, 2013
167 kr
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Jason K. Friedman investigates art, sexuality, love, and religion in seven unconventional and engrossing short stories. A gay man attends his high school reunion in Savannah, where he's pursued by the now-married former football star. An awkward teenager grapples with notions of God and girls at …
Father Brother Keeper
Av Nathan Poole
Häftad, 2015
167 kr
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"Heartfelt, lyrical, and moving, these stories make you feel the texture of your life alter while you're immersed in them. This remarkable book announces the arrival of a brilliant young writer."—Robert BoswellStories set in rural Georgia investigate small moments that illuminate life-altering …
Fifth Woman
A Novel
Av Nona Caspers
Häftad, 2018
168 kr
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Years after Caspers’s unnamed narrator loses her first lover in a tragic accident, she finds herself wondering, “What did she want from me? What are the things that matter?” In vivid, richly detailed vignettes, the book tracks the cyclical nature of grief and remembrance across a life fractured by …
