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The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
by Amy Hempel
ISBN: 0743289463
ISBN-13: 9780743289467
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Amy Hempel's lean, stark, minimalist prose has made her the darling of connoisseurs of the craft, and she counts among her fans such literary stars as Rick Moody and Chuck Palahniuk. Now Hempel's first four collections of short stories (REASONS TO LIVE, AT THE GATES OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, TUMBLE HOME, and THE DOG OF THE MARRIAGE) have been assembled together in their entirety, accompanied with a forward by Rick Moody.
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"[Amy Hempel's stories] are eerie, unsettling, always original and perfectly expressed. Each one sets itself off like a depth charge in the reader's head.....Hempel's plain, unexplicit language somehow conveys the madness of desire....Read this book." -- Erica Wagner
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published date: 2006
Size: 6.5 x 9 inches
Weight: 1.45 pounds
Pages: 409
Publisher's Notes
A complete collection of short works offers insight into the progression of the writer's work throughout a thirty-year period and features, among other tales, the complete texts of At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom, Tumble Home, and The Dog of the Marriage.
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The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
Amy Hempel
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The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
Hempel, Amy
Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Scribner, 2006 Light edgewear, tight and clean. DJ shows rubbing, minor soiling. . 1st. Near Fine/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Burke's Book Store (United States)
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The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
Hempel, Amy; Moody, Rick
Scribner. New in New dust jacket 2006. Hardcover. Brand New, Hardcover with dust jacket, clean, tight, unmarked; 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.1 Inches; 432 pages; The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel gathers together the complete work of a writer whose voice is as singular and astonishing as any in American fiction. Hempel, fiercely admired by writers and reviewers, has a sterling reputation that is based on four very short collections of stories, roughly fifteen thousand stunning sentences, written over a period of nearly three decades. These are stories about people who make choices that seem inevitable, whose longings and misgivings evoke eternal human experience. With compassion, wit, and the acutest eye, Hempel observes the marriages, minor disasters, and moments of revelation in an uneasy America. <P><P>When <I>Reasons to Live,</i> Hempel's first collection, was published in 1985, readers encountered a pitch-perfect voice in fiction and an unsettling assessment of the culture. That collection includes "San Francisco," which Alan Cheuse in <I>The Chicago Tribune</i> called "arguably the finest short story composed by any living writer." In <I>At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom,</i> her second collection, frequently compared to the work of Raymond Carver, Hempel refined and developed her unique grace and style and her unerring instinct for the moment that defines a character. Also included here, in their entirety, are the collections <I>Tumble Home</i> and <I>The Dog of the Marriage.</i> As Rick Moody says of the title novella in Tumble Home, "the leap in mastery, in seriousness, and sheer literary purpose was inspiring to behold.... And yet," he continues, <I>"The Dog of the Marriage,</i> the fourth collection, is even better than the other three...a triumph, in fact." <P><P><I>The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel</i> is the perfect opportunity for readers of contemporary American fiction to catch up to one of its masters. Moody's passionate and illuminating introduction celebrates both the appeal and the importance of Hempel's work. . ( more information) Offered by kbooks (Canada)
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Hempel, Amy
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Hempel, Amy
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Amy Hempel; Introduction-Rick Moody
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