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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A searing new collection from the inimitable Amelia Gray. A woman creeps through the ductwork of a quiet home. A medical procedure reveals an object of worship. A carnivorous reptile divides and cauterizes a town. Amelia Gray's curio cabinet expands in Gutshot, where isolation and coupling are pushed to their dark and outrageous edges. These singular stories live and breathe on their own, pulsating with energy and humanness and a glorious sense of...
2) The juror
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A struggling single mother impulsively agrees to serve on a jury hoping for a little excitement in her humdrum life. She gets far more than she bargained for when she's forced to sacrifice the truth to save her son from the mob's seductive, psychotic enforcer.
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 267
Publisher
Distibuted by Random House
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
Hay algo inquietante en las historias de este libro, algo casi peligroso, a la vez que encantador. Los personajes son todos inestables sobre sus pies de una forma u otra; todos anhelan la conexión y la mejora, aunque cada uno de manera muy diferente, pero a menudo se dejan engañar por sus propios impulsos básicos e inseguridades existenciales. En este libro, lo grotesco y lo escandaloso se abordan con ternura y compasión. La carne es débil; la...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 157
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
A reader's edition of key writings by the acclaimed author includes the National Book Award-winning "Goodbye, Columbus" and the trenchant psychological portrait, "Letting Go."
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