For a Little While by Rick Bass
Long considered one of the most gifted practitioners of the short story, Rick Bass is unsurpassed in his ability to perceive and portray the enduring truths of the human heart. Now, at last, we have the definitive collection of stories, new and old, from the writer Newsweek has called "an American classic." To read his fiction is to feel more alive -- connected, incandescently, to "the brief longshot of having been chosen for the human experience," as one of his characters puts it.
These pages reveal men and women living with passion and tenderness at the outer limits of the senses, each attempting to triumph against fate. Bass provides searing insights into the complexity of family and romantic entanglements, and his lush and striking language draws us ineluctably into the lives of these engaging people and their vivid surroundings. The intricate stories collected in For A Little While -- brimming with magic and wonder, filled with hard-won empathy, marbled throughout with astonishing imagery -- have the power both to devastate and to uplift. Together they showcase an iconic American master at his peak.
These pages reveal men and women living with passion and tenderness at the outer limits of the senses, each attempting to triumph against fate. Bass provides searing insights into the complexity of family and romantic entanglements, and his lush and striking language draws us ineluctably into the lives of these engaging people and their vivid surroundings. The intricate stories collected in For A Little While -- brimming with magic and wonder, filled with hard-won empathy, marbled throughout with astonishing imagery -- have the power both to devastate and to uplift. Together they showcase an iconic American master at his peak.
Rick Bass is the author of twenty-seven books, including The Wild Marsh, Why I Came West, and The Lives of Rocks, among other works of fiction and nonfiction. His works have been nominees for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and the New York Times and Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. The National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation have also given him fellowships, and his short stories and essays have garnered O. The stories have been anthologized in Best American Short Stories, Best American Travel Writing, and Best Spiritual Writing, and have won the Henry and Pushcart Awards.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316381147 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316381144 |
| Title | For a Little While |
| Author | Rick Bass |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
| Year published | 2017-03-21 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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