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Fierce Pretty Things
Stories|
9,49 € |
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| Verlag: | Indiana University Press |
| Format: | |
| Veröffentl.: | 01.03.2019 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9780253041517 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 152 |
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Beschreibungen
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<p>In these eight darkly comic stories, Tom Howard explores the instincts for violence and tenderness that mark his character's lives. A brother and sister wander the pier after a deadly plague destroys most of humanity. A high school bully struggles to overcome his demons. A man in the grips of dementia is visited by his children's ghosts. The people in these blistering tales grapple with past mistakes, trying to navigate their way toward redemption and resurrection and failing often—but always with a ferocious heart. Their unforgettable voices guide us through schoolyards, cemeteries, drive-in theaters, and the rich landscapes of their own imaginations.</p>
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<p>Equal parts funny, tragic, and wise, <i>Fierce Pretty Things </i>is a striking debut that teaches us how to live in a world as cruel as it is beautiful.</p>
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<p>In these eight darkly comic stories, Tom Howard explores the instincts for violence and tenderness that mark his character's lives. A brother and sister wander the pier after a deadly plague destroys most of humanity. A high school bully struggles to overcome his demons. A man in the grips of dementia is visited by his children's ghosts. The people in these blistering tales grapple with past mistakes, trying to navigate their way toward redemption and resurrection and failing often—but always with a ferocious heart. Their unforgettable voices guide us through schoolyards, cemeteries, drive-in theaters, and the rich landscapes of their own imaginations.</p>
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<p>Equal parts funny, tragic, and wise, <i>Fierce Pretty Things </i>is a striking debut that teaches us how to live in a world as cruel as it is beautiful.</p>
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<p>Equal parts funny, tragic, and wise, this striking short story collection teaches us how to live in a world as cruel as it is beautiful.</p>
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<p>Equal parts funny, tragic, and wise, this striking short story collection teaches us how to live in a world as cruel as it is beautiful.</p>
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<p>BANDANA </p>
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<p>HILDY </p>
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<p>TEMPLE & VINE </p>
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<p>FIERCE PRETTY THINGS </p>
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<p>SCARECROWS </p>
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<p>GRANDFATHER VAMPIRE</p>
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<p>THE MAGNIFICENTS </p>
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<p>XIOMARA </p>
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<p>BANDANA </p>
<br>
<p>HILDY </p>
<br>
<p>TEMPLE & VINE </p>
<br>
<p>FIERCE PRETTY THINGS </p>
<br>
<p>SCARECROWS </p>
<br>
<p>GRANDFATHER VAMPIRE</p>
<br>
<p>THE MAGNIFICENTS </p>
<br>
<p>XIOMARA </p>
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<p>Tom Howard's stories have appeared in <em>Ninth Letter, Indiana Review, Cincinnati Review, Willow Springs, Booth,</em> and elsewhere, and have been awarded the Robert and Adele Schiff Award, the Tobias Wolff Award, the Masters Review Short Story Award, and the Indiana Review Fiction Prize. He holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and lives with his wife in Arlington, Virginia.</p>
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<p>Tom Howard's stories have appeared in <em>Ninth Letter, Indiana Review, Cincinnati Review, Willow Springs, Booth,</em> and elsewhere, and have been awarded the Robert and Adele Schiff Award, the Tobias Wolff Award, the Masters Review Short Story Award, and the Indiana Review Fiction Prize. He holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and lives with his wife in Arlington, Virginia.</p>
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<p><em>Fierce Pretty Things</em> won me over, fiercely, with characters who demonstrate unyielding love and pizzazz even as life comes at them hard. The collection features mostly young protagonists, but they exude ancient wisdom as they traverse the landscapes of boardwalks and school playgrounds and drive-in movie theaters and basement magic chests. Each sentence, tight and beautiful, reads like a proof of what powerful fiction can do. And the humor—my god!—when was the last time I laughed so unashamedly while reading a book?</p>
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