

Because They Wanted To : Stories
by Gaitskill, Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 033035146X
- ISBN 13
- 9780330351461
- Seller
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Pueblo, Colorado
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About This Item
Synopsis
A New York Times Notable Book A man tells a story to a woman sitting beside him on a plane, little suspecting what it reveals about his capacity for cruelty and contempt. A callow runaway girl is stranded in a strange city with another womanâÈçs fractiously needy children. An uncomprehending father helplessly lashes out at the daughter he both loves and resents. In these raw, startling, and incandescently lovely stories, the author of Veronica yields twelve indelible portraits of people struggling with the disparity between what they want and what they know. Because They Wanted To is further evidence that Gaitskill is one of the fiercest, funniest, and most subversively compassionate writers at work today.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Grove Heirloom Books
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 003194
- Title
- Because They Wanted To : Stories
- Author
- Gaitskill, Mary
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket condition
- Very Fine
- Edition
- British First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 033035146X
- ISBN 13
- 9780330351461
- Publisher
- Picador
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date published
- 1997
- Keywords
- FICTION_SHORT STORIES (single author) Collectible
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Ash Grove Heirloom Books
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