The Necessity of Certain Behaviors

Told in precise, evocative prose that skewers the heart of the matter time after time, these memorable stories view and illuminate the human condition from a compelling, funny and entirely original perspective.

Info autore

Shannon Cain is coeditor of Powder: Writing by Women in the Ranks, from Vietnam to Iraq. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, the O. Henry Prize, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Tin House, Colorado Review, New England Review, American Short Fiction, and Southword: New Writing From Ireland. She has taught fiction writing at the University of Arizona and Arizona State University and is the 2011 Picador Guest Professor in Literature at the University of Leipzig.

Riassunto

Winner of the 2011 Drue Heinz Literature PrizeTold in precise, evocative prose that skewers the heart of the matter time after time, these memorable stories view and illuminate the human condition from a compelling, funny and entirely original perspective.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Shannon Cain
• Editore: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 23.09.2011
• EAN: 9780822944102
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4410-2
• Pagine: 160
• Dimensioni: 145 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Peso: 365 g
• Serie: Drue Heinz Literature Prize; Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize; Drue Heinz Literature Prize
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi