| Thirst Contributor(s): Kalfus, Ken (Author) |
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ISBN: 1571310819 ISBN-13: 9781571310811 Publisher: Milkweed Editions OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Humorous - Black Humor |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.65 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Distinguished by black comedy and an international perspective, Ken Kalfus' stories frequently fold into each other and are most often about the abrupt dislocation of people bumping into different cultures, be they real, hallucinated, dreamed, or desired. His characters -- which include an endless line of refugees fleeing Sarajevo with no particular destination, an Irish au pair plagued by her own psychosexual fears in a Paris science museum, and an entirely fictitious baseball league -- are constantly thumping their heads against a shifting reality. Kalfus' sympathetic portraits of human beings caught in the tectonic cultural shifts that disrupt our lives are frequently hilarious, consistently touching, and powerfully creative. |