The Edge of Marriage: Stories - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Hester KaplanSeries:Flannery O'Connor Award for Short FictionPublish date:3/15/2010Pages:192
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820335179ISBN-10:820335177UPC:9780820335179Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), LiterarySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SCZ8JNX08F
The characters in this extraordinary debut collection fi nd themselves caught between commitment and responsibility. In one story, a wife struggles to care for her adulterous husband after a car accident. In another, a husband finds himself drawn to his wife's former lover. In language that is eloquent and precise, these stories speak to the mysteries of friendship and marriage. This startling and powerful collection is illuminated by keen insight and hope.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820335179ISBN-10:820335177UPC:9780820335179Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), LiterarySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SCZ8JNX08F
HESTER KAPLAN is the author of the novels The Tell and Kinship Theory and of the short story collections Unravished and The Edge of Marriage. Her short fiction and nonfiction has been widely published and anthologized, including in the Best American Short Stories series. She is a recipient of an NEA fellowship, several state arts council grants, the McGinnis-Ritchie Award for Nonfiction, and the Salamander Fiction Prize, among others awards. She is cofounder of Goat Hill Writers and is on the faculty of Lesley University's MFA Program in Creative Writing. She lives in Rhode Island.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
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