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Overview"""Each story is uncommonly good. . . surprising, lively writing and believably human characters. . . . Banks has a terrific eye, mordant yet affectionate, for the bric-a-brac and the pathos of the American dream."" -- Washington Post Book World In this series of related short stories, acclaimed author Russell Banks offers gripping, realistic portrayals of individual Americans and paints a portrait of New England life that is at once dark, witty, and revealing. Get to know the colorful cast of characters at the Granite State Trailerpark, where Flora in number 11 keeps more than a hundred guinea pigs and screams at people to stay away from her babies, Claudel in number 5 thinks he is lucky until his wife burns down their trailer and runs off with Howie Leeke, and Noni in number 7 has telephone conversations with Jesus and tells the police about them." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Russell BanksPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc Imprint: HarperCollins Dimensions: Width: 13.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.249kg ISBN: 9780060977061ISBN 10: 006097706 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 10 May 1996 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe stories that work have the fire and ice that loom over life and the magic that comes from a good story well and craftily told. --Boston Globe Each story is uncommonly good ... surprising, lively writing and believablyhuman characters.... Banks has a terrific eye, mordant yet affectionate, forthe bric-a-brac and the pathos of the American dream . -- Washington Post Book World Mesmerizing .... There are times when Banks's prose fairly dazzles. -- Publishers Weekly The stories that work have the fire and ice that loom over life and the magic that comes from a good story well and craftily told. -- Boston Globe Each story is uncommonly good. . . surprising, lively writing and believably human characters. . . . Banks has a terrific eye, mordant yet affectionate, for the bric-a-brac and the pathos of the American dream. -- Washington Post Book World Mesmerizing. . . . There are times when Banks's prose fairly dazzles. -- Publishers Weekly Author InformationRussell Banks, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, was one of America's most prestigious fiction writers, a past president of the International Parliament of Writers, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work has been translated into twenty languages and he received numerous prizes and awards, including the Common Wealth Award for Literature. He died in January 2023 at the age of eighty-two. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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