| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
304 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
The overspill -- Broken blossoms -- The three boxes -- Ember -- Alma -- Judas -- Linnaeus forgets -- Ladies from Lapland -- Moments of light -- The somewhere doors -- Gift of roses -- Christmas gift! -- Crèche -- Tradition -- Duet -- Children of strikers -- Bon ton -- The lodger -- Mankind journeys through forests of symbols -- Ancestors -- January. |
| Summary |
In this collection, Fred Chappell shows his mastery across a range of genres. Featuring folk fables in the Twain tradition, realistic stories of growing up in remote Appalachia, stories of family, kin, and community, and tales of the fantastic and spooky. |
| Subject |
Short stories, American.
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Short stories, American. (OCoLC)fst01117064
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Family life -- Fiction.
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Communities -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Short stories.
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Short stories.
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| ISBN |
9780312561673 (hc) |
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0312561679 |
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