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Tenth of December : stories
Title:
Tenth of December : stories
Author:
Saunders, George, 1958- author.
Uniform Title:
Short stories. Selections
Edition:
Random House trade paperback edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, [2013]
Physical Description:
271 pages ; 21 cm
Summary:
A collection of stories which includes "Home," a wryly whimsical account of a soldier's return from war; "Victory lap," a tale about an inventive abduction attempt; and the title story, in which a suicidal cancer patient saves the life of a young misfit.
General Note:
"The stories in this work were originally published in Harper's Magazine, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, The New Yorker, and Story Magazine"--Title page verso.
Language:
English
Contents:
Victory lap -- Sticks -- Puppy -- Escape from Spiderhead -- Exhortation -- Al Roosten -- The Semplica Girl diaries -- Home -- My chivalric fiasco -- Tenth of December -- A conversation between George Saunders and David Sedaris.
ISBN:
9780812984255
Format :
Book