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More copies of this ISBN:Red Ant Houseby Ann Cummins
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Denis Johnson meets Flannery O’Connor in this luminous collection of short stories about the collision of cultures, genders, and generations in the American Southwest. Set mainly amid Indian reservations and uranium mills, these twelve stories create a kaleidoscopic view of family, myth, love, landscape, and loss in a place where infinite skies and endless roads suggest a world of possibility, yet dreams are deceiving, like an oasis, just beyond reach. Whether it’s a young woman pushed quite literally to the edge on a desolate mountain pass, an orphaned brother and sister trying to patch together an existence one stitch at a time, a cop who suspects his kleptomaniac wife is stealing from other people — materially and emotionally — or a wily roadside hypnotist whose alleged power is both wonderful and strange, Ann Cummins’s characters want to transcend the circumstances of their lives, to believe in the eventuality of change. Again and again, Ann Cummins generates imagery of white-hot intensity and pushes the limits of both the human spirit and the short story form. Gritty, seductive, and always daring, this unforgettable debut collection puts forth a haunting new vision of hope and heartache in contemporary America and confirms the arrival of an important new voice. Review:"Cummins writes deep, from the gut - a refreshing change from all the brainy brawn out there." Review:"Strong if uneven: the emerging voice of a new talent to watch." Review:"Cummins will deservedly gain more appreciative fans with this finely wrought collection." Review:"Cummins' writing is both gritty and polished...This debut collection is haunting, and leaves the reader wanting more." Review:"Overall these stories emanate suspense, inspiring page-turning tension that nudges the reader from one tale to the next." Review:"Brilliantly imagined prose that boasts surprises like small electric shocks." Review:"Cummins speaks through [her characters] instead so we hear their woe loud and clear." Review:"[Cummins'] dark, offbeat style and ability to make the reader uncomfortable are on full display...Clever and entertaining experiments." Synopsis:Set mainly amid Indian reservations and uranium mills, these 12 stories create a kaleidoscopic view of family, myth, love, landscape, and loss in a place where infinite skies and endless roads suggest a world of possibility, yet dreams are deceiving, like an oasis, just beyond reach. About the AuthorA graduate of the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Arizona writing programs, Ann Cummins has had her stories published in The New Yorker, McSweeney"s, Quarterly West, and the Sonora Review, among other publications, as well as The Best American Short Stories 2002. The recipient of a Lannan fellowship, she divides her time between Oakland, California, where she lives with her husband, and Flagstaff, Arizona, where she teaches creative writing at Northern Arizona University.e lives in Oakland, California. Table of Contentscontents Red Ant House • 1 Trapeze • 19 The Shiprock Fair • 49 Blue Fly • 69 Where I Work • 85 Crazy Yellow • 97 Headhunter • 115 Dr. War Is a Voice on the Phone • 131 The Hypnotist’s Trailer • 133 Bitterwater • 145 Starburst • 159 Billy by the Bay • 173 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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