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Men in the making Men in the making Bruce Machart "From the author of The Wake of Forgiveness ten remarkable stories that tackle what it means to be a man. Whether they find themselves walking the fertile farmland of south Texas, steering trucks th… OL15921375W
Aerogrammes Aerogrammes Tania James "From the highly acclaimed author of Atlas of Unknowns ("Dazzling. . . One of the most exciting debut novels since Zadie Smith's White Teeth" --San Francisco Chronicle) a bravura collection of short … OL16134724W
I am an executioner I am an executioner Rajesh Parameswaran "An explosive fiction debut from an astonishing new voice: darkly funny, wildly original stories about the power of love, and the love of power--two urgent human desires that inevitably, and often ca… OL16142317W
Siege 13 Siege 13 Tamas Dobozy "Built around the events of the Soviet Budapest Offensive at the end of World War II and its long shadow, the stories in Siege 13 are full of wit, irony, and dark humor. In a series of linked stories… OL16714798W
Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego Mariana Enríquez A haunting collection of short stories all set in Argentina. OL17319533W
The Scatter Here Is Too Great The Scatter Here Is Too Great Bilal Tanweer La jaquette indique : "The Scatter Here Is Too Great heralds a major new voice from Pakistan with a stunning debut - a novel told in a rich variety of distinctives voices that converge at a single ho… OL17573887W
Homesick For Another World Homesick For Another World Ottessa Moshfegh,Alexandre Gombau Arnau Features stories, in which the flesh is weak; the timber is crooked; people are cruel to each other, and stupid, and hurtful, but beauty comes from strange sources. In this book, the author shows us … OL17640880W
Bark Bark L'Olivier,Lorrie Moore A new collection of stories by one of America’s most beloved and admired short-story writers, her first in fifteen years, since Birds of America (“Fluid, cracked, mordant, colloquial . . . Will stand… OL17861953W
Faulty predictions Faulty predictions Karin Lin-Greenberg "In Karin Lin-Greenberg's Faulty Predictions, young characters try to find their way in the world and older characters confront regrets. In "Editorial Decisions," members of the editorial board of a … OL17879855W
Once you break a knuckle Once you break a knuckle D. W. Wilson "In the remote Kootenay Valley in western Canada, good people sometimes do bad things. Two bullied adolescents sabotage a rope swing, resulting in another boy's death. A heartbroken young man chooses… OL17904244W
Tell me one thing Tell me one thing Deena Goldstone "A collection of unforgettable short stories that explore the wondrous transformation between grief and hope, a journey often marked by moments of unexpected grace. Set in California, Tell Me One Thi… OL17922936W
All the rage All the rage A.L. Kennedy "A. L. Kennedy's latest collection of stories is an investigation of "certain types of threat and the odder edges of sweet things"--Another intense and luscious feast of language from the author of T… OL18159289W
The isle of youth The isle of youth Laura Van den Berg "Beautiful, strange, and compulsively readable stories from an already-celebrated young writer"-- OL19664306W
The people in the castle The people in the castle Kelly Link,Joan Aiken,Lizza Aiken "Here is the whisper in the night, the dog whose loyalty outlasted death, the creak upstairs, that half-remembered ghost story that won't let you sleep, the sound that raises gooseflesh, the wish you… OL19669894W
The human comedy The human comedy Honoré de Balzac "We think of Honore Balzac as the author of long and fully upholstered novels, stitched together into the magnificent visionary document called The Human Comedy. Yet along with the full-length fictio… OL19706841W
The Graybar Hotel The Graybar Hotel Curtis Dawkins "In this stunning debut collection, Curtis Dawkins, an MFA graduate and convicted murderer serving life without parole, takes us inside the worlds of prison and prisoners with stories that dazzle wit… OL19710795W
What counts as love What counts as love Marian Crotty "In these nine stories, Marian Crotty inhabits the lives of people searching for human connection. Her characters, most often young women, are honest, troubled, and filled with longing. In the title … OL19721033W
Catapult Catapult Emily Fridlund Sometimes calculating, other times bewildered, Catapult's characters orbit around each other enacting the deeply human tragicomedy of wit and misunderstanding and loss. With dexterous, atmospheric, a… OL19721917W
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden The Largesse of the Sea Maiden Denis Johnson A collection of stories contemplates subjects ranging from old age and mortality to the unexpected ways the mysteries of the universe manifest, depicting haunted characters trying to atone for the pa… OL19726998W
Points north Points north Howard Frank Mosher The final book by one of America's most treasured writers. Upon his passing in January 2017, Howard Frank Mosher was recognized as one of America's most acclaimed writers. His fiction set in the worl… OL19728998W
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