LEADER 02462nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910456406003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-58729-107-X 035 $a(CKB)111004365707838 035 $a(EBL)836746 035 $a(OCoLC)44962628 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000257713 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11247175 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257713 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10253831 035 $a(PQKB)10534396 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC836746 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12556 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL836746 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10343465 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004365707838 100 $a19970508d1997 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThank you for being concerned and sensitive$b[electronic resource] /$fJim Henry 210 $aIowa City, Iowa $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc1997 215 $a1 online resource (153 p.) 225 1 $aThe Iowa short fiction award 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58729-494-X 311 $a0-87745-610-0 327 $aContents; Motherhurt; Gladys Knows; The Flood; Congressman Spoonbender; The Earthling!; The Prodigal Corpse; Observer Status; Jesus; The Main Event; The Last of the Plaids; "Yes!" Wins; Mouthfeel 330 $aJim Henry's stories defy convention. There are no easy answers, no quick fixes. Although the plots vary-from a corpse returning to visit his family weeks after his burial, to the musings of a congressman grappling with the weight of history, to a wealthy family's elaborate plot to cheer their mysteriously wounded mother-all express a sense of the extraordinary in the ordinary, the absurd in the everyday.Henry's characters are for the most part misfits, outsiders looking in on a world whose seemingly natural order is turned upside down. In a throw-away culture obsessed wit 410 0$aIowa short fiction award. 606 $aShort stories, American 606 $aAmerican fiction 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aShort stories, American. 615 0$aAmerican fiction. 676 $a813 676 $a813/.54 700 $aHenry$b Jim$f1962-$0877501 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456406003321 996 $aThank you for being concerned and sensitive$91959441 997 $aUNINA