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Rock Springs (Vintage Contemporaries)

by Richard Ford

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Publisher Comments:

In these ten exquisite stories, Ford mines literary gold from the wind-scrubbed landscape of the American West — and from the guarded hopes and gnawing loneliness of the people who live there. A refugee from justice driving across Wyoming with his daughter, an unhappy girlfriend, and a stolen, cranberry-colored Mercedes; a boy watching his family dissolve in a night of tragicomic violence; two men and a woman swapping hard-luck stories in a frontier bar as they try to sweeten their luck. Rock Springs is a masterpiece of taut narration, cleanly chiseled prose, and empathy so generous that it feels like a kind of grace.

About the Author

The author of five novels and two collections of stories, Richard Ford was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Independence Day, the first book to win both prizes. In 2001 he received the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in short fiction.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780394757001
Author:
Ford, Richard
Publisher:
Vintage Contemporaries
Author:
Ford, Richard
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Short Stories (Anthologies)
Subject:
Short Stories (single author)
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Vintage Contemporaries (Paperback)
Series Volume:
0000
Publication Date:
August 1988
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
235
Dimensions:
8.02x5.16x.57 in. .41 lbs.

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