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In this collection of stories, Maggie Shipstead dives into eclectic and vivid settings, from an Olympic village to a deathbed in Paris to a Pacific atoll. Illuminating a cast of indelible characters, Shipstead traverses ordinary and unusual realities with cunning, compassion, and wit. In "Ackno...
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Vintage Contemporaries,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
2023. ©2022 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First Vintage Contemporaries edition. |
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In this collection of stories, Maggie Shipstead dives into eclectic and vivid settings, from an Olympic village to a deathbed in Paris to a Pacific atoll. Illuminating a cast of indelible characters, Shipstead traverses ordinary and unusual realities with cunning, compassion, and wit. In "Acknowledgments," a male novelist reminisces bitterly on the woman who inspired his first novel, attempting to make peace with his humiliations before the book goes to print. In "The Cowboy Tango," spanning decades in the open country of Montana, a triangle of love and self-preservation plays out among an aging rancher called the Otter, his nephew, and a young woman named Sammy who works the horses. |
| Carrier Form: | 253 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781984897718 1984897713 |
| Index Number: | PS3619 |
| CLC: | I712.45 |
| Call Number: | I712.45/S557 |
| Contents: | The cowboy tango -- Acknowledgments -- Souterrain -- Angel lust -- La Moretta -- In the Olympic Village -- You have a friend in 10A -- Lambs -- The great Central Pacific Guano Company -- Backcountry. |