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I was trying to describe what it feels like : new and selected
stories
/ by
Noy
Holland
.
by
Holland
,
Noy
,
1960-
Counterpoint, 2017.
Call #:
FICTION HOL
ISBN:
9781619028463 (hc.)
1619028468 (hc.)
Uniform title:
Short
stories
. Selections.
Description:
387 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Orbit -- Blood country -- Monocot -- Search and rescue -- Pachysandra -- At last the escalade -- Pemmican -- Courtship -- So says the postmistress -- Rooster pollard cricket goose -- Chupete -- Perihelia -- Querido -- Cuernavaca -- Boulevard -- Jericho -- Hunger is the first emotion -- Fire feather mendicant broom -- Swim for the little one first -- Matrimonial -- Put on your crowded body -- What begins with bird -- Love's thousand bees -- Once I wrote a story -- I was trying to describe what it feels like -- Time for the flat-headed man -- Barney greengrass -- Vegas -- Absolution -- Music of the old -- Instructions for xu yuan flying or the lifting force let go -- Serengeti -- Milk river -- Blue angels -- Sinew -- Home improvment -- Luckies like us -- Not so the donkeys -- Duende -- Tally -- Ringneck -- Bitty cessna -- King for a day -- Last of the sweet.
Summary:
"
Noy
Holland
is one of America's great writers, and each of her previous collections has been greeted with wide acclaim. Critics have praised her exquisite prose, her exuberant characters, and the exhilarating tension of her tales. Following the wonderful reception of her first novel, Bird, which Counterpoint published last year, we are proud to offer a gathering of 48
stories
, 17 from her previous collections and 25 never before published in book form."--From publisher.
Genre:
Short
stories
.
Literary fiction.
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Alderney Gate Public Library
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