Some of her friends that year : new + selected stories / by Maxine Chernoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chernoff, Maxine, 1952-

Language:

English

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

312 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : Coffee House Press, 2002.

Summary:

Highly regarded for her deft and humorous portrayals of the dark side of modern living, Maxine Chernoff's latest collection is a droll, poetic field guide to the endearing and troubling aspects of human behavior. Chernoff fans will relish the fifteen new stories, and new readers will discover a wonderful assemblage of Chernoff's likeable and contemplative characters. With the precision of a poet and the astuteness of a sociologist, Chernoff continues to establish herself as a master of the short story with this excellent collection, which includes stories from Bop and Signs of Devotion.

Contents:

New Stories

Some of Her Friends That Year 17

Coming Apart and Together 21

The Middle Ages 28

We Kill What We Love 38

You Suck 43

Jewish Urban White Trash Story 49

Rent-a-Pet 54

Satchmo 63

Onto the Past 71

Jeopardy 77

Cloris 83

The Nobel Prize for Shoes 91

Jealousy 94

Snowflake, Come Home 97

Acts of Nature 99

From Signs of Devotion

Jury Duty 107

Baudelaire's Drainpipe 110

The Untouchables 115

Death Swap 124

Heathcliff 132

The Stockholm Syndrome 138

Saving the Australian Elephant 144

Element 109 150

The River Shannon 156

Six-Oh 162

California 173

Somewhere Near Tucson 186

Where Events May Lead 193

Something to Admire 203

November 212

Keys 221

From Bop

The Spirit of Giving 231

Bop 234

Infinks 248

That Summer 256

Degan Dying 263

Don't Send Poems, Send Money 272

Heroes 286

The Hills of Andorra 298

Enough 306.

ISBN:

1566891272

OCLC:

48473876