The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
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The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel by Amy Hempel
One of The New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of the Year"Amy Hempel's dazzling wit and exquisite use of language are impossible to disclaim" (San Francisco Chronicle) and this celebrated volume gathers together her complete work--four short collections of stunning stories about marriages, minor disasters, and moments of revelation.
Amy Hempel is a master of the short story. With her inimitable compassion and wit, Hempel introduces characters who make choices that seem inevitable, and whose longings and misgivings evoke eternal human experience.
For readers who have known Hempel's work for decades and for those who are just discovering her, this indispensable volume contains all the stories in Reasons to Live, At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom, Tumble Home, and The Dog of the Marriage. No reader of great writing should be without it.
Amy Hempel is the coeditor of Unleashed and the author of Sing to It, The Dog of the Marriage, Tumble Home, At the Gates of the Wild Realm, and Reasons to Live. Her pieces have appeared in publications such as Harper's, Vanity Fair, GQ, Tin House, The Harvard Review, and The Quarterly, and have been anthologized in collections such as Best American Short Stories and The Best Nonrequired Reading. She teaches in Bennington College's Graduate Writing Department and at Stony Brook Southampton. She resides in the vicinity of New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780743291637 |
| ISBN 10 | 0743291638 |
| Title | The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel |
| Author | Amy Hempel |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2007-09-18 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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