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Tumble Home: A Novella & Short Stories

by Amy Hempel

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Long admired for her "tough-minded, original, and fully felt short stories (Sheila Ballyntyne, The New York Times Book Review), Amy Hempel takes her art to new heights in her first remarkable novella — was well as in her latest collection of stories that comment on life's ironies with decidedly offbeat intelligence.

"As we read, we learn that to discover meaning in stray pieces of our universe is a happy, curative act....Hempel makes haunting bits of beauty out of motley scraps". — Adam Begley, People

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Table of Contents

Weekend
Church cancels cow
The children's party
Sportsman
Housewife
The annex
The new lodger
Tumble home
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780684833750
Subtitle:
A Novella and Short Stories
Author:
Hempel, Amy
Publisher:
Scribner
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Short Stories (single author)
Subject:
General Fiction
Copyright:
1997
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references p. 153-154.
Series Volume:
8001
Publication Date:
19970507
Binding:
HC
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
7.83x6.05x.73 in. .67 lbs.
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