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Gryphon by Charles Baxter
A New York Times Notable Book
A warmly disposed yet unsentimental chronicler of American lives. Some stories are] poignant and disturbing, and all of them highly readable. --The New York Times Book Review One of our best storytellers. --San Francisco ChronicleBaxter lovingly teases anguish, humor, and heart-rending beauty out of clear, unaffected sentences. --The Washington Post
Since the publication of his first story collection in 1984, Charles Baxter has slowly gained a reputation as one of America's finest short story writers. Gryphon brings together sixteen classics with seven new stories, giving us the most complete portrait of his achievement. From the bestselling author of The Feast of Love.
Charles Baxter is the author of the novels The Feast of Love (nominated for the National Book Award), The Soul Thief, Saul and Patsy, Shadow Play, and First Light, and the story collections Gryphon, Believers, A Relative Stranger, Through the Safety Net, and Harmony of the World. The stories Bravery and Charity, which appear in There's Something I Want You to Do, were included in Best American Short Stories. He has won the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Baxter lives in Minneapolis and teaches at the University of Minnesota and in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780307379214 |
| ISBN 10 | 0307379213 |
| Title | Gryphon |
| Author | Charles Baxter |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2011-01-11 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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