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The Usual Mistakes, and Other Stories

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
218 Seiten
Englisch
Bison Bookserschienen am01.09.2013
Although the characters in these stories may be the usual suspects, making the usual mistakes, their stories are anything but the usual fare. Populated by pretenders, ex-cons, and wannabes who bend the rules, break the law, and risk everything to salvage their own hearts, the twelve stories in The Usual Mistakes conduct readers into a world where betrayal is just a beginning.mehr

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KlappentextAlthough the characters in these stories may be the usual suspects, making the usual mistakes, their stories are anything but the usual fare. Populated by pretenders, ex-cons, and wannabes who bend the rules, break the law, and risk everything to salvage their own hearts, the twelve stories in The Usual Mistakes conduct readers into a world where betrayal is just a beginning.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-8032-7174-6
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
FormatTrade Paperback (USA)
Erscheinungsjahr2013
Erscheinungsdatum01.09.2013
Seiten218 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 140 mm, Höhe 216 mm, Dicke 18 mm
Gewicht277 g
Artikel-Nr.28985919
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GenreRomane Taschenbuch

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
AcknowledgmentsThe Usual MistakesInterventionHonda PeopleThe Story of GladysLaws of RelativityBurnAny Ordinary UncleIn This WeatherEvery Sad DetailThe Last GirlfriendCircus BezerkGoldfishSource Acknowledgmentsmehr
Kritik
"If this second release to the fledgling 'Flyover Fiction' series is typical, one can safely predict that the series will be among the most significant in American letters. Flanagan writes with some of the same penetrating insights into the human condition that one finds in the work of Eudora Welty, Katherine Anne Porter, and Tennessee Williams... Flanagan has a remarkable ability to penetrate the real people behind the facades they present to an often-judgmental public. This first collection augurs well for Flanagan's future. Hers is a singular talent. This book belongs in all collections supporting study of the short-story genre." - Choice "Given the range of situations portrayed in these stories - from the ordinary to the bizarre - Flanagan presents a consistent optimism about the possibilities for good behavior... Flanagan ... deftly probes the complexities of emotional relationships... If The Usual Mistakes is representative of what's to come in this series, readers of fiction have much to look forward to." - Carolyn Johnsen, Lincoln Journal Star "Both gentle and wickedly funny, the stories in The Usual Mistakes beautifully define lives not so well lived. Flanagan, showing great insight into the hearts and hopes of characters who have little left to lose, gives these stories buoyancy and intelligence and allows the characters several delicious, irresistible moments of defiance." - Timothy Schaffert, author of The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters "In 'Intervention,' another standout among the 12 pieces, Kate's boyfriend drags her to Myrtle Beach, where his mother has plotted to end his father's drinking; rather than a somber attempt to turn someone's life around, the intervention (the third in three years) most closely resembles a Super Bowl party... The inventiveness of [Flanagan's] deceptively mild plots keep common themes fresh." - Publishers Weekly "In this aptly titled debut collection, Flanagan's midwestern characters are driven by regret... Flanagan's characters aren't afraid to stir the pot in the course of the action either... Most of these tales ... particularly the title story, about a lonely widow and a tattooed girl in an unlikely alliance, are enjoyable and tender, as good outweighs regret after all." - Booklist "[Flanagan's] yarns of Midwesterners struggling with modern life are brightened by her sharp sense of humor." - Midwestern Writers to Watch, John Mark Eberhart, Kansas City Starmehr