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Matters of life and death : new American stories / edited and with an introduction by Tobias Wolff.
LIBRA Special PS648.S5 M37 1983
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.
- United States.
- Manners and customs.
- Short stories, American.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Short stories, American.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xi, 242 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Green Harbor, MA : Wampeter Press, [1983]
- Contents:
- The burning house / Ann Beattie
- The calm / Raymond Carver
- The conventional wisdom / Stanley Elkin
- Rock Springs / Richard Ford
- Redemption / John Gardner
- Testimony of pilot / Barry Hannah
- Can I just sit here for a while? / Ron Hansen
- Thirty-four seasons of winter / William Kittredge
- Departures / John L'Heureux
- Murderers / Leonard Michaels
- Home / Jayne Anne Phillips
- Walking out / David Quammen
- Pretty ice / Mary Robison
- Applause, applause / Jean Thompson
- Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog / Stephanie Vaughn
- Train / Joy Williams
- Oh, Joseph, I'm so tired / Richard Yates.
- Notes:
- "A Wampeter Press/George Murphy book."
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Matters of life and death.
- ISBN:
- 0931694175
- 9780931694172
- 0931694140
- 9780931694141
- OCLC:
- 9251707
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