| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 182 pages). |
| Series |
The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction |
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Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.
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| Contents |
River of toys -- Celibacy-by-the-Atlantic -- Night of the red palm -- Wickersham Day -- Ralph goes to Mexico -- Hungry hungry hippos -- Burt Osborne rules the world -- How to swallow -- A lover's guide to hospitals -- In a city with dogs -- A bend among bumblebees -- Ashes north -- Hot plate -- A puddle of sex books -- Singing pumpkins -- A foolish but lovable airport. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
In the limbo bounded by rebellion and resignation, belonging and solitude, Ed Allen's middle Americans seem to be either freely adrift or uncomfortably vested in an exit strategy wholly inadequate for their circumstances. These sixteen darkly humorous stories gauge the tension between what we really feel and what we outwardly express, what we should do and what we manage to get done. In ""Celibacy-by-the-Atlantic, "" Phil negotiates a lingering, low-intensity regret brought on by the annual family get-together at his parents' beach house, where memories of his aimless, privileged adolescence mi. |
| Subject |
Short stories.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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FICTION -- General.
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FICTION -- Short Stories (single author)
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01117043
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Allen, Edward, 1948- Ate it anyway. Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2003 0820325589 (DLC) 2003008495 (OCoLC)52092819 |
| ISBN |
9780820344812 (electronic bk.) |
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0820344818 (electronic bk.) |
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