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Van Pelt Library PS3569.I5747 A6 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Singleton, George, 1958- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories.
- Manners and customs.
- Southern States--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Southern States.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 366 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Spartanburg, South Carolina : Hub City Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "With his signature darkly acerbic and sharp-witted humor, George Singleton has built a reputation as one of the most astute and wise observers of the South. Now Tom Franklin introduces this master of the form with a compilation of acclaimed and prize-winning short fiction spanning twenty years and eight collections, including stories originally published in outlets like the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Playboy, the Georgia Review, the Southern Review, and many more. These stories bear the influence of Flannery O'Connor and Raymond Carver, at other times Lewis Nordan and Donald Barthelme, and touch on the mysteries of childhood, the complexities of human relationships, and the absurdity of everyday life, with its inexorable defeats and small triumphs"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: The Half-Mammals of Dixie
- A Man with My Number
- This Itches, Y'all
- Four-Way Stop
- John Cheever, Rest in Peace
- Caulk
- When Children Count
- Fresh Meat on Wheels
- Lickers
- Director's Cut
- Probate
- Show-and-Tell
- The Novels of Raymond Carver
- Outlaw Head and Tail
- I Could've Told You If You Hadn't Asked
- How to Collect Fishing Lures
- Columbarium
- Vaccination
- Staff Picks
- Traditional Development
- Hex Keys
- Unemployment
- How Are We Going to Lose This One?
- Perfect Attendance
- The Opposite of Zero
- Embarrassment
- Which Rocks We Choose
- Even Curs Hate Fruitcake
- Richard Petty Accepts National Book Award
- What Could've Been?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-366).
- ISBN:
- 9781938235696
- 193823569X
- OCLC:
- 1163946683
- Publisher Number:
- 99988376473
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