Throughout this collection, which was plucked from a pile of 300 manuscripts and awarded the Grace Paley Prize in short fiction, Caspers details the many ways reality can interfere with our dreams. Not surprisingly, dissatisfaction becomes a dominant theme. . . . Many of Caspers's stories are set in Minnesota's cattle and dairy country, and all of them traffic in the kind of Midwestern realism that doesn't rely on pyrotechnics to generate dramatic heat. Throughout, Caspers's people--it's difficult to consider some of them ...
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Throughout this collection, which was plucked from a pile of 300 manuscripts and awarded the Grace Paley Prize in short fiction, Caspers details the many ways reality can interfere with our dreams. Not surprisingly, dissatisfaction becomes a dominant theme. . . . Many of Caspers's stories are set in Minnesota's cattle and dairy country, and all of them traffic in the kind of Midwestern realism that doesn't rely on pyrotechnics to generate dramatic heat. Throughout, Caspers's people--it's difficult to consider some of them mere characters--question the decisions they've made or the ones they refuse to make. There's nothing flashy about Caspers's prose; like the beauty of the prairie itself, its attraction lies in details seen up close. New York Times Book Review
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Good in Good jacket. Size: 5x1x8; Inscribed by author on half title page leaving small ink dots on title page. Minor wear & small fading marks on boards. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly shelf worn with scuffs, creases, small scratches & light soiling on the inner side in a mylar cover.
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Very good in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed 'Dear Lyndsey, I m so glad to have had you in the Art of Short Fiction and I wish you the best, always! ' by author on the first free endpaper. No stated edition or printing (1st printing). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 186 p. Audience: General/trade. Dust jacket as new except for sun-fading to the spine. Book has minor moisture rippling to the bottom of the pageblock. Stories by the Independent Publisher Book Award for Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans Fiction-and AWP Grace Paley Prize-winning author of 'The Fifth Woman' and 'Little Book of Days'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x6x1; Minor shelf wear to binding. Inscribed by author on ffep. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
