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The Girl of the Lake: Stories

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Availability:In StockContributor:Bill RoorbachPublish date:2017-06-27Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Algonquin BooksISBN-13:9781616203320ISBN-10:1616203323UPC:9781616203320Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), Literary, Family LifeSize:8.30 x 5.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCY5HGPJE7
Nine richly varied, often funny, always moving stories that reveal the complex workings of the human heart.

Bill Roorbach conjures vivid characters whose layered interior worlds feel at once familiar and extraordinary. He first made his mark as the winner of an O. Henry Prize for the title story of Big Bend, his first collection, which won the Flannery O'Connor Award. His new collection, The Girl of the Lake, captures a virtuoso in his prime.

Roorbach's characters are unforgettable: among them an adventurous boy who learns what courage really is when an aging nobleman recounts history to him; a couple hiking through the mountains whose vacation and relationship ends catastrophically; a teenager being pursued by three sisters all at once; a tech genius who exacts revenge on his wife and best friend over a stolen kiss from years past.

These moving and funny stories are as rich in scope, emotional, and memorable as Bill Roorbach's novels. He has been called "a kinder, gentler John Irving... a humane and entertaining storyteller with a smooth, graceful style" (the Washington Post), and his work has been described as "hilarious and heartbreaking, wild and wise" (Parade magazine), all of which is evident in spades (and also hearts, clubs, and diamonds) in every story in this arresting new collection.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Algonquin BooksISBN-13:9781616203320ISBN-10:1616203323UPC:9781616203320Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), Literary, Family LifeSize:8.30 x 5.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCY5HGPJE7
Bill Roorbach is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestselling Life Among Giants and The Remedy for Love. His work has been published in Harper's, the Atlantic, Playboy, the New York Times Magazine, Granta, New York, and many other publications, and has been featured on NPR's Selected Shorts. For more, see www.billroorbach.com.
Publisher: Algonquin Books

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Bill Roorbach

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