| What I Found Out About Her: Stories of Dreaming Americans Contributor(s): Lasalle, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0268033927 ISBN-13: 9780268033927 Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Urban |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2014020882 |
| Series: Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 222 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What I Found Out About Her: Stories of Dreaming American, winner of the 2014 Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction, reaffirms Peter LaSalle's reputation as one of the most startlingly original writers working in the short fiction genre today. In this collection of eleven stories, LaSalle explores how everyday life for many--an FBI agent, a study-abroad student, a drug dealer's chic girlfriend, a trio of Broadway playwrights, among others--can often take on something much larger than that, almost the texture of a haunting dream. Marked by stylistic daring and a rare lyricism in language, this is intense, thoroughly moving fiction that probes the contemporary American psyche, portraying it in all its frequently painful sadness and also its brave and unflagging hope. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lasalle, Peter: - Peter LaSalle a member of the creative writing faculty at the University of Texas at Austin. |
