Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing: Stories - Brossura

Peelle, Lydia

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ISBN 10: 0061724734 ISBN 13: 9780061724732

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2009

Riassunto

A first collection of eight fictional pieces by the Pushcart Prize and O. Henry Prize-winning writer explores lives that have been derailed by a loss of a vital connection to the land, in a volume that includes the short works, "Mule Killers" and "Sweethearts of the Rodeo." 50,000 first printing. Original.

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“Lydia Peelle’s lovely, fluid voice lures you into a world full of heartbreak and devastation.... calls to mind masters of the unsettling short story like Mary Gaitskill, or even Alice Munro. ... [Peelle] has the makings of a writer who defies labels and creates her own categories.” (New York Times Book Review)

“With humor and insight, these sharply etched fictions illuminate turning points...in lives conscribed by limited horizons.... Peelle vividly evokes a setting and brings its inhabitants...instantly and convincingly to life.” (Boston Globe)

“An incredible collection of eight gorgeously crafted stories, with wonderfully drawn characters whose individual tales stay with you.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

“The eight stories in Lydia Peelle’s debut collection are remarkable for their clarity and precision. . . . artful...” (BookForum)

“Peelle’s acute perception of a squandered world inspires complex, suspenseful stories that celebrate life’s endless improvisation and assertion....darkly lyrical, ironic and compassionate stories...brilliant and stunning.” (Kansas City Star)

“Peelle’s stories in REASONS FOR AND ADVANTAGES OF BREATHING carry a memory of the Southern past that we might find in a short story by Flannery O’Connor or Eudora Welty.” (BOMB Magazine)

“Rock-solid prose, surprising connections, and resounding transformations add up to powerful and significant stories of improvised life in a consumed world.” (Booklist (starred review))

“Peelle writes her meaty characters with vigor and packs each tale with descriptions so subtly vibrant that they warrant multiple visits.” (Publishers Weekly)

“[The stories] read like fully formed classics, as if Bob Dylan was rewriting the stories of Alice Munro. These are eight clear and precise gems, deeply rooted in Southern soil, and alive with every pore to heartbreak and possibility.” (Louisville Courier Journal)

L'autore:

Lydia Peelle is the author of the novel The Midnight Cool and the story collection Reasons For and Advantages of Breathing, which received an honorable mention for the PEN/Hemingway Award. She received her MFA from the University of Virginia and has been a fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Ucross, Yaddo, and Ragdale. Peelle is a recipient of two Pushcart Prizes, an O. Henry Prize, the National Book Foundation's "5 Under 35" honor, and a Whiting Award, as well as the Anahid Award for Emerging Armenian-American writers. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee. 

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• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061724734
• ISBN 13: 9780061724732
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 189