Introduction by ben marcus (6 resultados)

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Paperback. Condición: Brand New. reissue edition. 256 pages. 6.75x4.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. reissue edition. 256 pages. 6.75x4.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. An Anchor Books Original, August 2004. 480pp. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in Fine condition. "In twenty-nine separate but ingenious ways, these stories seek permanent residence within a reader. They strive to become an emotional or intellectual cargo that might accompany us wherever, or however, we go. . . If we are made by what we read, if language truly builds people into what they are, how they think, the depth with which they feel, then these stories are, to me, premium material for that construction project. You could build a civilization with them."--Ben Marcus, from the Introduction. "Minimalism. . . maximalism. . . at least three different flavors of Southern Gothic. . . There are stories here that won't let themselves be put down."--The New York Times. Among the 29 writers: Lydia Davis, George Saunders, Mary Gaitskill, Stephen Dixon, Jhumpa Lahiri, David Foster Wallace, Aimee Bender, Padgett Powell, Anne Carson, Anthony Doerr, A.M. Homes. Fine, unmarked & near pristine paperback original w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine.…

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 240 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.40 inches. In Stock.