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The red convertible : selected and new stories, 1978-2008 / Louise Erdrich.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel Fiction 5865
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Erdrich, Louise, author.
Contributor:
HarperCollins (Firm), publisher.
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Short stories, American.
Ojibwa Indians--Fiction.
Ojibwa Indians.
Indian reservations--Fiction.
Indian reservations.
Genre:
Short stories.
Penn Provenance:
Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Erdrich, Louise (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Physical Description:
[2], X, [2], 496 pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
[Uncorrected proof].
Place of Publication:
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [2009]
Summary:
A collection of three dozen short works includes six previously unpublished pieces and offers insight into the author's use of plot twists and contrasting psychological landscapes.
Contents:
The red convertible
Scales
The world's greatest fishermen
Saint Marie
The plunge of the brave
The blue velvet box
Pounding the dog
Knives
Destiny
The little book
The dress
Snares
Fleur
A wedge of shade
The fat man's race
The leap
The bingo van
Fuck with Kayla and you die
The crest
Best Western
Anna
Tales of burning love
The antelope wife
Father's milk
The gravitron
History of the Puyats
Le mooz
Naked woman playing Chopin
Shamengwa
The shawl
The butcher's wife
Revival Road
The painted drum
Hasta namaste, baby
Future home of the living god
Beauty stolen from another world.
Local Notes:
Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
Schimmel Collection copy signed by the author on title leaf.
ISBN:
9780061536076
0061536075
OCLC:
1277288384

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