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More copies of this ISBN:Don't Make Me Stop Now: Storiesby Michael Parker
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:These eleven arresting, comic, and moving stories by acclaimed writer Michael Parker testify to the driving force of love, the lengths to which weand#8217;ll go to claim it and pursue it, the delusions weand#8217;ll float to keep it going, the torment that goes part and parcel with it. And despite all of the above, the absolute necessity of it, no matter its consequences. Whether itand#8217;s a college student undone by the boy who leaves her, or the boyfriend intent on leveling old scores from high school for his lover, or the husband who discoversand#8212;in the grocery storeand#8212;the woman he should have been with all along, every character, no matter how off track, wants to believe in debt and credit and payback and making the messy worldand#8212;and the messy world of loveand#8212;turn out neatly. Review:and#8220;What makes Mr. Parker so satisfying a writer: his bone-deep affection for his characters; his love of clear, crisp, pungent language; . . . his confidence in the possibility of redemption.and#8221; and#8212; The New York Times Book Review Synopsis:In these funny, heartbreaking, and frighteningly perceptive stories, Michael Parker shows us, for better or worse, the mechanics of the male mind. The men here— no matter how culpable, deceptive, idealistic, dangerous, flirtatious, gullible, undecided, obsessed, callous, or illogically logical— trust in the power of love and in the women who reel them in or do their best to leave them behind.
Synopsis:These 11 arresting, comic, and moving stories by Parker testify to the driving force of love, the lengths to which people will go to claim it and pursue it, the delusions they will float to keep it going, the torment that goes part and parcel with it, and despite all of the above, the absolute necessity of it.
Synopsis:In these funny, heartbreaking, and frighteningly perceptive stories, Michael Parker shows us, for better or worse, the mechanics of the male mind. The men hereand#8212;no matter how culpable, deceptive, idealistic, dangerous, flirtatious, gullible, undecided, obsessed, callous, or illogically logicaland#8212;trust in the power of love and in the women who reel them in or do their best to leave them behind. About the AuthorMichael Parkerand#8217;s recent novel If You Want Me to Staywas a 2005 Book Sense Pick and winner of the Goodheart Prize for Fiction. Previous novels include Towns Without Rivers, Virginia Loversand Hello Down There, which was a New York TimesNotable Book and a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway award. His stories have been anthologized in The O. Henry Prize Stories, The Pushcart Prize, and New Stories from the South. He is a professor in the MFA writing program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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