Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar Stories of Work

Zusatztext "This book is worth a read. I learned a few things! smiled a time or two and made myself a promise to leave very! very good tips for the next delivery man who comes to our house." Informationen zum Autor Richard Ford is the author of  The Sportswriter ;  Independence Day , winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award;  The Lay of the Land;  and the  New York Times  bestseller  Canada . His short story collections include the bestseller  Let Me Be Frank With You ,  Sorry for Your Trouble , Rock Springs  and  A Multitude of Sins , which contain many widely anthologized stories. He lives in New Orleans with his wife Kristina Ford. Klappentext This vital and compelling collection of stories about work, compiled by novelist and short-story writer Richard Ford, explores tales of how we Americans are employed; how we find work and leave it; how it excites, ennobles, occasionally debilitates, but often defines us. Contributing writers for Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar range from contemporary Pulitzer Prize winners Edward P. Jones and Jhumpa Lahiri to iconic short-story masters Tobias Wolff, Annie Proulx, and Joyce Carol Oates, as well as emerging writers such as Lewis Robinson. Encompassing a wide range of contemporary literary styles, ages, ethnic backgrounds, and geographical locations, Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar is a masterful, exhilarating, and timely fictional exploration of work and its relationship to the human spirit. All author proceeds from Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar: Stories of Work will go directly to fund the free youth writing, tutoring, and publishing programs offered by 826michigan. Zusammenfassung This vital and compelling collection of stories about work, compiled by novelist and short-story writer Richard Ford, explores tales of how we Americans are employed; how we find work and leave it; how it excites, ennobles, occasionally debilitates, but often defines us. Contributing writers for Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar range from contemporary Pulitzer Prize winners Edward P. Jones and Jhumpa Lahiri to iconic short-story masters Tobias Wolff, Annie Proulx, and Joyce Carol Oates, as well as emerging writers such as Lewis Robinson. Encompassing a wide range of contemporary literary styles, ages, ethnic backgrounds, and geographical locations, Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar is a masterful, exhilarating, and timely fictional exploration of work and its relationship to the human spirit. All author proceeds from Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar: Stories of Work will go directly to fund the free youth writing, tutoring, and publishing programs offered by 826michigan. ...

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Richard Ford is the author of The Sportswriter; Independence Day, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award; The Lay of the Land; and the New York Times bestseller Canada. His short story collections include the bestseller Let Me Be Frank With You, Sorry for Your Trouble, Rock Springs and A Multitude of Sins, which contain many widely anthologized stories. He lives in New Orleans with his wife Kristina Ford.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Richard Ford, Ford Richard
• Mitarbeit: Richard Ford (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Harper Perennial USA
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.04.2011
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur
• EAN: 9780062020413
• ISBN: 978-0-06-202041-3
• Anzahl Seiten: 624
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 13.4 x 20.3 x 2.8 cm
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