| Rescue Missions: Stories Contributor(s): Busch, Frederick (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393330427 ISBN-13: 9780393330427 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: "Rescue Missions" collects stories of mercy and need among lovers, family, and friends by "one of our very best short-story writers" (Anne Beattie). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.28" W x 7.5" (0.63 lbs) 318 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Some of the stories in this brilliant (Library Journal, starred review) collection feature the war in Iraq, and others feature domestic wars; in every case, a character seeks to comfort or to save someone. Physical love, familial love, the need to give comfort--and the need for comfort--are themes skillfully rendered by this master of the genre (Booklist, starred review), whose achievements earned the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award of Merit for lifetime achievement in short fiction. |
Contributor Bio(s): Busch, Frederick: - Frederick Busch (1941-2006) was the recipient of many honors, including an American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award, a National Jewish Book Award, and the PEN/Malamud Award. The prolific author of sixteen novels and six collections of short stories, Busch is renowned for his writing's emotional nuance and minimal, plainspoken style. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he lived most of his life in upstate New York, where he worked for forty years as a professor at Colgate University. |