The Islands by William Wall
WINNER OF THE 2017 DRUE HEINZ LITERATURE PRIZESelected by David GatesWilliam Wall is the first international winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize. The stories follow the lives of two sisters and the people who come and go in their lives, much like the tides.-
Now You Know It All
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Vaquita and Other Stories
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Obligations to the Wounded
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Small in Real Life
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Fado and Other Stories
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The Prince of Mournful Thoughts and Other Stories
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Those Who Vanish
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Departures
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Triple Time
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Dog Years
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The Man Who Loved Levittown
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The Truly Needy And Other Stories
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In the Gathering Woods
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Speed-Walk and Other Stories
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Bring Your Legs with You
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Dangerous Men
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The Source of Life and Other Stories
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Out Loud
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Between Camelots
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This Angel on My Chest
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The Spirit Bird
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Driving in Cars With Homeless Men
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The Dogs of Detroit
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The Old Priest
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The Physics of Imaginary Objects
“The Islands is evocative, moving yet tough-minded, written with marvelous style and authorityAfter just the first few sentences, we trust absolutely that this writer is in control and knows what he’s doing. The narratives move expeditiously, even when they’re thick with description, and the characters’ voices are distinct and convincing. It was a pleasure to read."" - David Gates, judge
""William Wall is a tremendous writer, and The Islands is a beautiful collection. In a noisy age of information, these stories, written with pristine elegance and suffused with a rare beauty, do what fiction does best: they uncover deeply humane, quiet moments that radiate meaning. No one—with the exception of James Joyce and Alistair MacLeod—writes about the way the sea meets the land with the authority and knowingness of Wall. The Islands is an elegant and astonishing sequence of stories."" - David Means
""William Wall is a tremendous writer, and The Islands is a beautiful collection. In a noisy age of information, these stories, written with pristine elegance and suffused with a rare beauty, do what fiction does best: they uncover deeply humane, quiet moments that radiate meaning. No one—with the exception of James Joyce and Alistair MacLeod—writes about the way the sea meets the land with the authority and knowingness of Wall. The Islands is an elegant and astonishing sequence of stories."" - David Means
William Wall is the author of four novels, three collections of poetry, and two previous volumes of short fiction. His work has won many prizes, including the Virginia Faulkner Award, the Patrick Kavanagh Award, and the Sean O’Faolain Prize. He has been short- or longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Irish Book Awards, the Raymond Carver Prize, and the Manchester Fiction Prize, among others. His work has been translated into many languages, and he translates from Italian.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822945192 |
| ISBN 10 | 0822945193 |
| Title | The Islands |
| Author | William Wall |
| Series | Drue Heinz Literature Prize |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Year published | 2017-10-13 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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