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Joshua Furst
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Short People |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Paperback |
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224 |
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2004-11-09 |
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0375714073 |
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Vintage |
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0.25 pounds |
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5.2 x 0.59 x 7.91 inches |
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1 Greg Buescher (USA: OR) |
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1 Lusy (USA: KY) |
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Product Description
James Michener Fellowship winner Joshua Furst's widely acclaimed debut collection explores the perils and paradoxes of childhood in ten harrowing, moving, and surprising stories, offering a rare and unsentimental depiction of the lives of American youth.
In "The Age of Exploration," two boys experience the world so differently--Billy through science; Jason with fantastical powers of imagination--that they sense their lives will stray irrevocably away from each other. In "Red Lobster," which won the Nelson Algren Award, a gaggle of children try to please the father who has rounded them up from their various homes to take them to a fateful dinner. And in the collection's climactic story, "Failure to Thrive," a maternity ward nurse takes compassion too far. Emotionally astute, brilliantly written, these stories mark the arrival of a powerful new voice in American literature.
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