| Bliss and Other Short Stories Contributor(s): Gilley, Ted (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803233566 ISBN-13: 9780803233560 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Other - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction |
| Physical Information: 137 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, this daring collection of nine stories introduces readers to an edgy vision and a world in which certainties are tested and found wanting. A Cambodian refugee negotiates the icy waters of American social and sexual life. A young couple seeks OC peak experiencesOCO to escape grief, only to discover that theyOCOve brought it along with them. A teenage girl, unable to face the imminent end of her grandfatherOCOs life, risks her own life in an impulsive act. A manOCOs fragile hold on reality becomes the key to his finding, albeit through a terrifying labyrinth, his heartOCOs desire. The characters in Bliss and Other Short Stories must find their way to a truth that, though less than perfect, is one they can live with. Finding bliss, it seems, is as much about pain as about pleasure, and in Ted GilleyOCOs writing the discovery is always exquisite." |
