| What's it like? |
131 p. ; 20 cm. |
| What's it about? |
"The very short stories of Diane Williams have been aptly called 'folk tales that hammer like a nail gun,' and these forty new ones are sharper than ever. They are unsettling, yes, frequently revelatory, and more often than not downright funny."--Publisher website. |
| What's in it? |
Beauty, love and vanity itself -- Gray pottery head -- Cinch -- Gulls -- To revive a person is no slight thing -- Head of naked girl -- Rhapsody breeze -- Lavatory -- People of the week -- Romantic life -- Great passion and its context -- Specialist -- Poet -- At a period of exceptional dullness -- Head of the big man -- Living deluxe -- Personal details -- Flying things -- How blown up -- Sigh -- There is always a hesitation before turning in a finished job -- Mermaid pose -- Greed -- Clarinda -- Skol -- Thickening wish -- Lamb chops, cod -- Of the true and final good -- Glimpses of Mrs. Williams -- Girl with a pencil -- Perform small tasks -- With red chair -- Try -- Removal men -- Mere flask poured out -- Bang bang on the stair -- Little bottle of tears -- When I was old and ugly -- Palm against palm -- Human comb. |
| It's a special thing! |
Short stories.
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Short stories.
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| Special numbers! |
1940450845 |
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9781940450841 |
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