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The Height and Depth of Everything
Stories
by Katharine Haake
ISBN: 0874174880
ISBN-13: 9780874174885
Format: Paperback
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Summary
These eight stories are about women seeking meaning in chaotic lives, and the author intrudes from time to time to comment on the tales and to suggest alternative plot twists.
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"Original and accomplished, if at times unsatisfying....Haake's gifts as a writer are obvious, but her narrative acrobatics-however compelling as literary exercises-often distance the characters from their assigned roles and leave the reader more with an idea about storytelling than with an actual story."
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Univ of Nevada Pr
Published date: 2001
Size: 5.75 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 0.7 pounds
Pages: 175
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