The Curse of the Appropriate Man (Harvest Original)
by Freed, Lynn
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- Paperback
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- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0156029944
- ISBN 13
- 9780156029940
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Synopsis
These fourteen short stories, written over the past ten years but never before collected, deal with the struggles between mothers and their wayward daughters, the often preposterous bonds that tie men and women together, and the complex games masters and servants play with one another. In spare, elegant prose, Freed delivers surprise after surprise as she shakes the truth from life. Whether it's her portrayal of a mother mired in senile dementia in "Ma," a young girl experiencing her first sexual encounter with an itinerant knife-sharpener in "Under the House," or a young woman incapable of loving conventionally in "An Error of Desire," Freed portrays the absurdity, the delusions, the dramas, and the dignity of her characters' lives. These masterful stories reinforce her reputation as one of our most fearless and sophisticated explorers of sexual and filial love.
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- World of Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Curse of the Appropriate Man (Harvest Original)
- Author
- Freed, Lynn
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0156029944
- ISBN 13
- 9780156029940
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Orlando, Fl, Austin, Tx, New York, Et Al.
- This edition first published
- 2004-09-01
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