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An edition of American innovations (2014)

American innovations

First edition.
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In one of the intensely imaginative stories in Rivka Galchen's American Innovations, a young woman's furniture walks out on her. In another, the narrator feels compelled to promise to deliver a takeout order that has incorrectly been phoned in to her. In a third, the petty details of a property transaction illuminate the complicated pains and loves of a family. By turns realistic, fantastical, witty, and lyrical, these marvelously uneasy stories are deeply emotional and written in exuberant, pitch-perfect prose. Whether exploring the tensions in a mother-daughter relationship or the finer points of time travel, Galchen is a writer like none other today.

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English
Pages
175

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American Innovations: Stories
2015, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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American innovations
2014, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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American innovations
2014, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Picador
in English - First edition.
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American Innovations: Stories
2014, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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American innovations
2014, Fourth Estate
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Table of Contents

The lost order --
The region of unlikeness --
Sticker shock --
American innovations --
Wild berry blue --
The entire northern side was covered with fire --
Real estate --
Dean of the arts --
The late novels of Gene Hackman --
Once an empire.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.6
Library of Congress
PS3607.A4116 A6 2014, PS3607.A4116A6 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
175 pages
Number of pages
175

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27157308M
ISBN 10
0374280479
ISBN 13
9781250069238, 9780374280475
LCCN
2013039912
OCLC/WorldCat
861335299

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL19977151W

Work Description

This is a short-story collection from one of America's young talents. In one of the intensely imaginative stories in Rivka's Galchen's book, a young woman's furniture walks out on her. In another, the narrator feels compelled to promise to deliver a takeout order that has incorrectly been phoned in to her. In a third, the petty details of a property transaction illuminate the complicated pains and loves of a family. The tales in this collection are secretely in conversation with canonical stories, reimagined from the perspective of female characters.

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