DOG YEARS

Winner of the 2016 Drue Heinz Literature Prize and Winner of the 2017 California Book Awards, first fiction category. Many of these richly layered stories juxtapose the miracles of modern medicine against the inescapable frustrations of everyday life: awkward first dates, the indignities of air travel, and overwhelming megastore cereal aisles.

Info autore

Melissa Yancy's short fiction has appeared in One Story, Glimmer Train, Zyzzyva, and other publications. She is the recipient of a 2016 NEA Literature Fellowship. Stories from Dog Years have won the Glimmer Train Fiction Open, The Missouri Review Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize, and received special mention in the Pushcart Prize. Yancy lives in Los Angeles where she works as a fundraiser for healthcare causes.

Riassunto

Winner of the 2016 Drue Heinz Literature Prize and Winner of the 2017 California Book Awards, first fiction category. Many of these richly layered stories juxtapose the miracles of modern medicine against the inescapable frustrations of everyday life: awkward first dates, the indignities of air travel, and overwhelming megastore cereal aisles.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Melissa Yancy
• Editore: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780822965190
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6519-0
• Pagine: 240
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 196 mm x 18 mm
• Peso: 318 g
• Serie: Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize; Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize; Pitt Drue Heinz Literature Prize
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi