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Joy : and 52 other very short stories
- Title
- Joy : and 52 other very short stories / Erin McGraw.
- Author
- McGraw, Erin, 1957-
- Publication
- Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2019.
- ©2019
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 19-557 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xi, 290 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- Claire Messud described Erin McGraw's last collection of stories as "at once laugh-out-loud funny and utterly serious, [exploring] life's profundity through its details." This is even more true with McGraw's new collection, Joy. In these very short stories, narrators step out of themselves to explain their lives to us, sometimes defensively, sometimes regretfully, other times deceitfully. Voices include those of the impulsive first-time murderer, the depressed pet sitter, the assistant of Patsy Cline, the anxiety-riddled new mother, the aged rock-and-roller, the girlfriend of your husbandhuman beings often (incredibly) unaware of the turning points staring them in the face. Crossing time, states, class, and religions, McGraw's stories are on the edge, causing you to wince even as you laugh. And McGraw will draw you to a deep need to read some sentences alouda sweet voice, a shrewd insight, some uneasy charm.
- Uniform Title
- Short stories. Selections
- Alternative Title
- Short stories.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- Short stories.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 289).
- Contents
- America -- Comfort (1) -- Comfort (2) -- Compliments -- The tenth student -- Second sight -- Phantom -- Cloth -- Friendship -- Hallelujah day -- Haircut -- Rock and roll -- L.A. -- Before -- Spice -- Learning -- Hope -- Breaking glass -- Sympathy -- Ava Gardner goes home -- Law and order -- Love -- Management -- Snitch -- Edits -- Hello from an old friend -- Cat -- Nobody happy -- Soup (1) -- Soup (2) -- Soup (3) -- Song -- Fat -- Pebble -- Pariah -- Priest -- Artist -- Parable -- Happiness -- Dogs -- Job -- Wedding gown -- Joy -- Peru -- Necropolis -- Honor -- Bucket (1) -- Bucket (2) -- Cliché -- Nutcracker -- Stingers -- Teeth -- Prayer.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-557
- ISBN
- 9781640092082
- 1640092080
- LCCN
- 2018039857
- OCLC
- 1050457340
- Author
- McGraw, Erin, 1957- author.
- Title
- Joy : and 52 other very short stories / Erin McGraw.
- Publisher
- Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Edition
- First hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 289).
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-557