Do not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

• Utgivningsdatum: 2001-11-30
• Mått: 152 x 229 x 14 mm
• Vikt: 364 g
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Serie: Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction
• Antal sidor: 174
• Förlag: University of Notre Dame Press
• ISBN: 9780268025557
• Utmärkelser: Winner of Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction 2002

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Maura Stanton is professor of English and creative writing at Indiana University, Bloomington. She is the author of numerous books of poetry and short stories including Glacier Wine, The Country I Come From, and Life Among the Trolls.

"Looking long and steadily at another human being through one's own distorting lenses is not merely difficult, it is often downright impossible--but the endeavor provides ample material for dramatic storytelling. The characters...here play out their approach/avoidance maneuvers in various, sometimes bizarre ways. Whether exemplary, run-of-the-mill, or cautionary figures, they all demonstrate how tortuous and exhilarating it is to acknowledge that other people actually do exist." —Georgia Review"Ten darkly funny short stories that prove to be unpredictable, smart, and lively...." —Ploughshares"In this collection of finely wrought short stories, Stanton, a professor at Indiana University, displays her keen ability to capture characters who are outwardly unnoticeable but yield unexpected complexities upon closer inspection. Readers will be captivated by these lyric and poignant stories." —Booklist"A sensitive and amusing new collection..." —Kirkus Reviews"Without exception, these 10 stories are compulsively readable, incisive and smart.... Stanton ... is a smooth writer, one whose pieces stab quickly to the heart, reveal an essential truth about human nature and neatly... flit out." —Chicago Tribune"... a stunning variety of dark, passionate, reflective stories. Stanton's glistening strength is her ability to drop intriguing details into her pages that would be red herrings in less skilled writing, but by her hand they become tantalizing tendrils leading to mysterious places beyond her narrative." —North Dakota Quarterly

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