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Highlights
- Carolyn Cooke's stories have been featured in several volumes of PRIZE STORIES: THE O. HENRY AWARDS and THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES.
- Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (First Fiction) 2001 4th Winner, Massachusetts Book Award (MassBook) (Fiction) 2002 3rd Winner
- Author(s): Carolyn Cooke
- 192 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Short Stories (single author)
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About the Book
As featured in "The Best American Short Stories" and "Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards", these lively works depict people struggling within the constraints of history, society and the divisions of class.Book Synopsis
Carolyn Cooke's stories have been featured in several volumes of PRIZE STORIES: THE O. HENRY AWARDS and THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES. Her highly anticipated debut collection tells hilarious and often savage truths about people struggling within the confines of history, society, and class.Mr. Sargent, the aging Brahmin aesthete of the title story, scribbles his epiphanies on cocktail napkins and covers them up with his drinks. A Maine innkeeper shoots his wife, who remains bitterly loyal to him until the death of their son. A whole family conspires to keep the birth of yet another dirt-poor relation a secret from his grandmother. On the icy cobblestone streets of Boston and the rockbound coast of Maine, these vividly realized characters try to reconcile habits of obedience and self-reliance with the urgent desire to capture the wild core of life. The result is an explosion of exquisitely tuned voices, as authentic as they are unforgettable.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.55 Inches (H) x 5.57 Inches (W) x .46 Inches (D)
Weight: .55 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Short Stories (single author)
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 192
Publisher: Mariner Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Carolyn Cooke
Language: English
Street Date: June 7, 2001
TCIN: 91815560
UPC: 9780618017683
Item Number (DPCI): 247-44-9289
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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