Isbn: 9781476761435 - why they run the way they do: stories (11 resultados)

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Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 198 pages. Dj wornDarkly beautiful stories about love and loss and every gradation between. Eac h one is suffused with astonishing wit and tenderness. Well worth the wait! -Jen ny Offill, New York Times bestselling author of Department of Speculation Remin iscent of George Saunders.These ingenious and lovable stories crack open the w orld. -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) From the celebrated author of Who I Was Supposed to Be comes twelve beautiful short stories celebrating the everyday tru ths of people facing unusual or challenging situations.often of their own maki ng. In Why They Run the Way They Do, critically acclaimed author Susan Perabo i llustrates the triumphs and tragedies of daily life. Perfectly distilled into mo ments of sharp humor and poignancy, her latest collection features ordinary peop le in sometimes extraordinary circumstances. Two young students try their hand a t blackmail upon learning an illicit secret; a woman grapples with feelings of b etrayal after discovering her spinster sister's pregnancy test; the ghost of a c ouple's past comes back to haunt them in the form of their toddler's stuffed toy . Weaving the banal and bizarre together, Perabo's clear, wry sentences meld a prose style that's reminiscent of Raymond Carver's with a sensibility that's inf ormed by People (The New York Times). Here, this literary talent (The Boston Glo be) captures the human condition through struggles that are quiet and grand; dar k and provocative. Brilliantly crafted, Why They Run the Way They Do is ultimate ly an homage to the philosophy that life without humor is no life at all.…