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UNINA9910814019903321 |
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Autore |
Allen Edward <1948-> |
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Titolo |
Ate it anyway : stories / / by Ed Allen |
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Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2003 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction |
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Soggetti |
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Short stories, American |
American fiction |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- ate it anyway -- contents -- acknowledgments -- river of toys -- celibacy-by-the-atlantic -- night of the red palm -- wickersham day -- ralph goes to mexico -- hungry hungry hippos -- burt osborne rules the world -- how to swallow -- a lover's guide to hospitals -- in a city with dogs -- a bend among bumblebees -- ashes north -- hot plate -- a puddle of sex books -- singing pumpkins -- a foolish but lovable airport -- the flannery o'connor award for short fiction. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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These lyrical tales celebrate the ordinary--and the not so ordinary--with a flourish of Nabokovian wit that combines grandeur, kitsch, and the author's broad empathy with his characters. |
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