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Overview"Before John Sayles was an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, he was a National Book Award-nominated writer of fiction. The Anarchists' Convention is his first short story collection, providing a prism of America through fifteen stories. These everyday peoplea kid on the road heading west, aging political activists, a lonely woman in Bostongo about their business with humor and resilience, dealing more in possibility than fact. In the widely anthologized and O. Henry Award-winning ""I-80 Nebraska,"" Sayles perfectly renders the image of a pill-popping trucker who has become a legend of the road." Full Product DetailsAuthor: John SaylesPublisher: Avalon Publishing Group Imprint: Nation Books Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.336kg ISBN: 9781560256915ISBN 10: 1560256915 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 21 April 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationIf the U.S. were to boast one great independent film director, he would be John Sayles, a cult figure among his admirers. Nominated for both an Academy Award for scriptwriting and a National Book Award, Sayles has written screenplays, teleplays, short stories, and novels and has worked as a script doctor for a virtual who's who of Hollywood film and television talent. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |