Bang Crunch by Neil Smith
In Neil Smith's nine stories, average people find themselves in decidedly unusual situations, as the mundane and the fantastic collide. A woman mourning the loss of her husband finds solace in talking to his ashes, entombed in a curling stone. The title story zeroes in on a girl with Fred Hoyle syndrome, whose age expands and contracts like the universe. The members of a support group for people with benign tumors begin to suspect that their meekness has caused their medical woes. Bang Crunch creates an extraordinary world inhabited by all-too-human characters, and heralds the arrival of a literary talent with an unfailing, exacting concern for the profundities of our lives.-
The House on Mango Street
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The Secret History
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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American Psycho
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One Day
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A Lesson Before Dying
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Snow Falling on Cedars
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The Little Friend
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Heartburn
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
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Push
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Geek Love
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Memoirs of a Geisha
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Plainsong
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The Dog Stars
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The River
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Bridge of Sighs: Oprah's Book Club
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Unaccustomed Earth
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Empire Falls (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
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Interior Chinatown
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Woman Hollering Creek
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Einstein's Dreams
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Hotel Du Lac
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Dept. of Speculation
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Our Souls at Night
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Bright Lights, Big City
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Less Than Zero
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The Flight Attendant
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Cathedral
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Sweetbitter
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The Guide
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Midwives
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A Gathering of Old Men
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Swamplandia!
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Where I'm Calling From
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The Sandcastle Girls
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Amy and Isabelle
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The Queen's Gambit
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Eventide
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The Book of Unknown Americans
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Brother, I'm Dying
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Straight Man
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One More Thing
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Old School
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The Rules of Attraction
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This Must Be the Place
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The Tie That Binds
Smith, Neil: - Neil Smith is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at University College London. His previous publications include The Acquisition of Phonology (Cambridge University Press, 1973), Modern Linguistics (1979, with Deirdre Wilson), The Twitter Machine (1989), The Mind of a Savant (1995, with Ianthi Tsimpli), Chomsky: Ideas and Ideals (Cambridge University Press, 1999, 2nd edition, 2004), Language, Bananas and Bonobos (2002) and Language, Frogs and Savants (2005).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780307386106 |
| ISBN 10 | 0307386104 |
| Title | Bang Crunch |
| Author | Neil Smith |
| Series | Vintage Contemporaries |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2008-01-08 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |