Believers - (Vintage Contemporaries) by Charles Baxter (Paperback)

Name: Believers - (Vintage Contemporaries) by Charles Baxter (Paperback)
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Highlights

From the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story and "one of our most gifted writers" (Chicago Tribune) With his five previous books of fiction, Charles Baxter established himself as a contemporary literary master, in the traditions of Raymond Carver and William Maxwell.
About the Author: Charles Baxter is the author of the novels The Feast of Love (nominated for the National Book Award), The Soul Thief, Saul and Patsy, Shadow Play, and First Light, and the story collections Gryphon, Believers, A Relative Stranger, Through the Safety Net, and Harmony of the World.
288 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
Series Name: Vintage Contemporaries

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About the Book

In this "New York Times" Notable Book, Charles Baxter introduces people who walk the razor's edge between despair and faith. Unerringly observed and written in prose of transparent beauty, "Believers" is storytelling at its finest.

Book Synopsis

From the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story and "one of our most gifted writers" (Chicago Tribune)

With his five previous books of fiction, Charles Baxter established himself as a contemporary literary master, in the traditions of Raymond Carver and William Maxwell. This radiant collection confirms Baxter's ability to revel in the surfaces of seemingly ordinary lives while uncovering their bedrock of passion, madness, levity and grief.

About the Author

Charles Baxter is the author of the novels The Feast of Love (nominated for the National Book Award), The Soul Thief, Saul and Patsy, Shadow Play, and First Light, and the story collections Gryphon, Believers, A Relative Stranger, Through the Safety Net, and Harmony of the World. The stories "Bravery" and "Charity," which appear in There's Something I Want You to Do, were included in Best American Short Stories He has won the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Baxter lives in Minneapolis and teaches at the University of Minnesota and in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.02 Inches (H) x 5.24 Inches (W) x .64 Inches (D)

Weight: .55 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 288

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Literary

Series Title: Vintage Contemporaries

Publisher: Vintage

Format: Paperback

Author: Charles Baxter

Language: English

Street Date: September 29, 1998

TCIN: 93038961

UPC: 9780679776536

Item Number (DPCI): 247-05-2194

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 0.55 pounds

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