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Birds of America

by Lorrie Moore
Birds of America

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ISBN13: 9780307474964
ISBN10: 0307474968



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A New York Times Book of the Year

A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist

Winner of the Salon Book Award

A Village Voice Book of the Year

Birds of America is the celebrated collection of twelve stories from Lorrie Moore, one of the finest authors at work today.

 

“Fluid, cracked, mordant, colloquial…. Stand[s] by itself as one of our funniest, most telling anatomies of human love and vulnerability.” —The New York Times Book Review

“A marvelous collection…. Her stories are tough, lean, funny, and metaphysical…. Birds of America has about it a wild beauty that simply makes one feel more connected to life.” —The Boston Globe

 

“At once sad, funny, lyrical and prickly, Birds of America attests to the deepening emotional chiaroscuro of her wise and beguiling work.” —The New York Times

 

“Stunning…. There’s really no one like Moore; in a perfect marriage of art form and mind, she has made the short story her own.” —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

“Birds of America stands as a major work of American short fiction…. Absolutely mastered.” —Elle

 

“Wonderful…. These stories impart such terrifying truths.” —Philadelphia Inquirer

 

“Lorrie Moore soars with Birds of America.... A marvelous, fiercely funny book.” —Newsweek

 

“Fifty years from now, it may well turn out that the work of very few American writers has as much to say about what it means to be alive in our time as that of Lorrie Moore.” —Harper’s Magazine

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Fluid, cracked, mordant, colloquial . Stand s] by itself as one of our funniest, most telling anatomies of human love and vulnerability. The New York Times Book Review
The celebrated collection of twelve stories from one of the finest authors at work today.
ANew York TimesBook of the Year
A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
Winner of theSalonBook Award
AVillage VoiceBook of the Year
A marvelous collection . Her stories are tough, lean, funny, and metaphysical . Birds of America has about it a wild beauty that simply makes one feel more connected to life. The Boston Globe

At once sad, funny, lyrical and prickly, Birds of America attests to the deepening emotional chiaroscuro of her wise and beguiling work. The New York Times
Stunning . There s really no one like Moore; in a perfect marriage of art form and mind, she has made the short story her own. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Birds of America stands as a major work of American short fiction . Absolutely mastered. Elle

Wonderful . These stories impart such terrifying truths. Philadelphia Inquirer

Lorrie Moore soars with Birds of America.... A marvelous, fiercely funny book. Newsweek

Fifty years from now, it may well turn out that the work of very few American writers has as much to say about what it means to be alive in our time as that of Lorrie Moore. Harper s Magazine
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About the Author

Lorrie Moore is the author of the story collections Birds of America and Self-Help, and the novels Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?, Anagrams, and A Gate at the Stairs. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Best American Short Stories, and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. She is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

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ISBN:
9780307474964
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
01/12/2010
Publisher:
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
Series info:
Vintage Contemporaries
Pages:
291
Height:
.90IN
Width:
5.10IN
Thickness:
1.00
Series:
Vintage Contemporaries
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2010
UPC Code:
2800307474966
Author:
Lorrie Moore
Author:
Lorrie Moore
Subject:
Stories (single author)
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Subject:
United States Social life and customs.
Subject:
Short stories

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