- American Short stories, Fiction, short stories (single author)
"In each of these fearless, hilarious, and tightly crafted stories, Boudinot's voice rings with a clarity rarely seen in a debut collection. He speaks to a generation that has tried to seem disaffected but can't help wishing for a better world.
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Contemporary, spare, classical in form and comic.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Ryan Boudinot
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Counterpoint
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781582433578
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