- Woman photographers, Fiction, American Short stories, Fiction, short stories (single author)
The narrator of these highly original stories, all of which have appeared in The New Yorker, surveys the world with deadpan wit and candor. She's a photographer who has been attempting for three years to photograph a world-renowned reproductive surgeon/comedian who can't sit still long enough for his picture to be taken.
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Contemporary, prestige, character-led and spare.
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Julie Hecht
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 212
- Publisher
- Random House
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780679452010
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