Bliss and other short stories
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Author
Publication
2010 - University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska
Language
English
Word Count
31,250 words, Guess
Page Count
125 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveblissothershorts00gill
- Internet Archiveblissothershorts0000gill
- ISBN-139780803232617
- ISBN-100803232616
- Library of Congress Control Number2009050224
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number476837991
- Better World Books9780803232617
- Open LibraryOL23962816M
Classifications
- DDC813/.6
- LCCPS3607.I4443 B65 2010
- LCCPS3607.I4443B65 2010
Description
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 "peak experiences" to escape grief, only to discover that they've brought it along with them. A teenage girl, unable to face the imminent end of her grandfather's life, risks her own life in an impulsive act. A man's fragile hold on reality becomes the key to his finding, albeit through a terrifying labyrinth, his heart's 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.
Genres
- Fiction
Series Statement
- Prairie schooner book prize in fiction
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