- American Short stories, Fiction, short stories (single author), New York Times reviewed
This collection of short stories introduces the possibility of a moment that can change everything. Whether writing about a middle-aged woman's obsession with Prince William, or an aging factory worker who has never been in love, the result is startling, sexy and tender by turns.
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Contemporary, spare, prestige and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Miranda July
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Literatura Random House, LITERATURA RANDOM HOUSE, Seix Barral
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- heb, English
- ISBN
- 9780739490983
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