If I'd Known You Were Coming - Couverture souple

Milliken, Kate

 
9781609382018: If I'd Known You Were Coming
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1609382013 ISBN 13 : 9781609382018
Editeur : University of Iowa Press, 2013

Synopsis

In these twelve award-winning stories, Kate Milliken unflinchingly shows us what can happen when the uninvited guest of our darkest desires comes to call. Whether surrounded by the white noise of a Hollywood celebration or enduring a stark winter in Maine, the characters of If I'd Known You Were Coming yearn to heal old wounds with new hurts. With a wry wit and a keen eye for emotive detail, the author of this unforgettable collection sets intersections in motion that will leave you both winded and wanting more.
In one story, a mother, driven by greed, unwittingly finds out how far her needs will push her. A hand model surprises himself and everyone else at the birthday party of an old friend's daughter in another. With poetic deftness, a woman evaluates the meaning, the familial stories, that we carry with us from birth. In a story ripped from the headlines, a woman pines for the legs her husband lost in a freak accident at a Santa Monica farmer's market. A medical clerk, restless and alone, takes advantage of a disabled neighbor.
Kate Milliken knows the ties that bind and how tautly we will pull them. These are stories about desire, betrayal, love, regret, and family. Like all great fiction, If I'd Known You Were Coming possesses that uncanny ability to reveal us to ourselves.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kate Milliken's stories have appeared in Zyzzyva, Fiction, New Orleans Review, and Santa Monica Review, among others. A graduate of the Bennington College Writing Seminars, the recipient of fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center, the Tin House Summer Writer's Workshop, and several Pushcart Prize nominations, Kate has also written for television and commercial advertising. She currently teaches on behalf of the UCLA Extension Writers' Program and lives in Mill Valley, California, with her family.

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Éditeur
University of Iowa Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1609382013
ISBN 13 
9781609382018
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
126
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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