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Reply all stories

Title
Reply all [electronic resource] : stories / Robin Hemley.
Author
Hemley, Robin, 1958-
Publication
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012.

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Description
1 online resource (202 p.)
Summary
"Reply All, the third collection of award-winning and widely anthologized short stories by Robin Hemley, takes a humorous, edgy, and frank look at the human art of deception and self-deception. A father accepts, without question, the many duplicate saint relics that appear in front of his cave everyday; a translator tricks Magellan by falsely translating a local chief's words of welcome; an apple salesman a long way from home thinks he's fallen in love; a search committee believes in its own nobility by hiring a minority writer; a cheating couple broadcast their affair to an entire listserv; a talk show host interviews the dead and hopes to learn their secrets. The ways in which humans fool themselves are infinite, and while these stories illustrate this sad fact in sometimes excruciating detail, the aim is not to skewer the misdirected, but to commiserate with them and blush in recognition."--P. [4] of cover.
Series Statement
Break away books
Uniform Title
  • Reply all (Online)
  • Break away books.
Alternative Title
Reply all (Online)
Subject
  • Deception > Fiction
  • Self-deception > Fiction
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
LCCN
2012005741
OCLC
ssj0000713527
Author
Hemley, Robin, 1958-
Title
Reply all [electronic resource] : stories / Robin Hemley.
Imprint
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012.
Series
Break away books
Break away books.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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