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Beattie, Ann.
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Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- Fiction.
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Beattie, Ann.
Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- Fiction.
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The
accomplished
guest
:
stories
/ Ann Beattie.
by
Beattie, Ann.
Scribner, 2017.
Call #:
FICTION BEA
Subjects
Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781501111389 (hc.)
1501111388 (hc.)
Edition:
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Description:
xi, 270 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents:
The Indian uprising -- For the best -- The astonished woodchopper -- Anecdotes -- Other people's birthdays -- Company -- The debt -- Lady Neptune -- The caterer -- The gypsy chooses the whatever card -- The cloud -- Hoodie in Xanadu -- Save a horse ride a cowgirl.
Summary:
"A magnificent new collection from award-winning author Ann Beattie--featuring recent O. Henry, Pushcart, and Best American Short Story selections. Surprising and revealing, set along the East Coast from Maine to Key West, Ann Beattie’s astutely observed new collection explores unconventional friendships, frustrated loves, mortality, and aging. One theme of The
Accomplished
Guest
is people paying visits or receiving visitors, traveling to see old friends, the joys and tolls of hosting company (and of being hosted). The occasion might be a wedding, a birthday, a reunion, an annual Christmas party, or another opportunity to gather and attempt to bond with biological relatives or chosen families. In some
stories
, as in life, what begins as a benign social event becomes a situation played for high stakes. The
stories
in The
Accomplished
Guest
are marked by an undercurrent of loss and an unexpected element of violence, with Beattie’s signature mordant humor woven throughout. Some characters provide welcome diversions, others are uninvited interruptions, all are indelibly drawn by the endlessly amusing and
accomplished
Ann Beattie."--From publisher.
Genre:
Short
stories
.
Literary fiction.
Holds:
1
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Bedford Public Library
Adult Fiction
FICTION BEA
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