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Almonds to Zhoof: Collected Stories
By (author) Richard Stern
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Honorable Mention, 2006 The Society of Midland Authors Adult Fiction Award For decades, Richard Stern has been acclaimed as one of the American masters of the short story. Almonds to Zhoof: Collected Stories brings together for the first time forty-nine of Stern's best short works and novellas-from ""Dr. Cahn's Visit,"" which The New Republic praised as ""the very best very short story in the English language,"" to classics like ""Teeth"" and ""Wanderers."" Stern's stories-witty, moving, always full of energy-never sacrifice storytelling to mere elegance or wandering wisdom. This collection demonstrates Stern's astonishing ability to portray people from all walks of life, their flawed relationships to ideas, their sometimes bizarre relationships with lovers and friends, their often brilliant, if skewed, appraisals of themselves. The stories always reflect an abiding compassion for his characters whoever they are and whatever their origins. All exist within the politics and workplaces and bedrooms of the real world. All are incorrigibly human.
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Publisher | Northwestern University Press
Published date | 30 May 2013
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 624
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 41mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 525g
ISBN | 978-0-8101-5242-7
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BISAC | fiction / short stories (single author)
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