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Truthtelling
ISBN
9781504064859
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
06-10-2020
Bindwijze
Ebook EPUB
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Delphinium Books
Auteur(s)
Lynne Sharon Schwartz

Truthtelling

Stories, Fables, Glimpses

Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Leesfragment
€13,99
  • “A
  • grab
  • bag
  • of
  • realist
  • and
  • experimental
  • stories,
  • each
  • one
  • a
  • treasure
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • Wise,
  • wry,
  • and
  • witty—theses
  • stories
  • in
  • all
  • their
  • stylistic
  • variations
  • are
  • perfect.”
  • —Kirkus
  • Reviews,
  • starred
  • reviewA
  • man
  • generously
  • lends
  • his
  • car
  • to
  • his
  • ex-wife,
  • and
  • is
  • bewildered
  • when
  • she
  • not
  • only
  • neglects
  • to
  • return
  • it
  • but
  • makes
  • increasingly
  • implausible
  • excuses
  • for
  • her
  • actions.
  • A
  • neat
  • and
  • orderly
  • clothing
  • store
  • owner
  • is
  • taken
  • in
  • and
  • manipulated
  • by
  • an
  • ailing
  • elderly
  • neighbor.
  • A
  • wife
  • left
  • by
  • her
  • husband
  • for
  • a
  • younger
  • woman
  • is
  • forced
  • to
  • visit
  • the
  • couple
  • in
  • order
  • to
  • see
  • her
  • children—and
  • makes
  • a
  • startling
  • realization
  • about
  • her
  • former
  • spouse.In
  • these
  • stories
  • and
  • others,
  • including
  • an
  • O.
  • Henry
  • Award
  • winner
  • and
  • a
  • Best
  • American
  • Short
  • Stories
  • selection,
  • National
  • Book
  • Award
  • finalist
  • Lynne
  • Sharon
  • Schwartz
  • presents
  • readers
  • with
  • a
  • cast
  • of
  • indefatigable
  • New
  • Yorkers
  • whose
  • long-established
  • routines
  • are
  • disrupted
  • by
  • mishaps
  • or
  • swerves
  • of
  • fate.“Meticulously
  • crafted
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • This
  • first-rate
  • collection
  • demonstrates
  • why
  • Schwartz
  • remains
  • an
  • American
  • literary
  • treasure.”
  • —Publishers Weekly
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