New York, New York, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Faber And Faber Edition. Pictorial Red Wraps With White And Black Lettering On The Spine. The Book Has A Crease To The Upper Front Corner.

Synopsis

Adept and assured, David Means's stories are as perceptive as they are provocative, skillfully and startlingly sounding the depths of human emotion. In Assorted Fire Events we find a major talent honing his skills, a gambler willing to push the limits while, at the same time, taking great care in playing his cards. A married man carries on an affair with a neighbor, and suddenly his mind whisks him back to his brother's drowning. A recently widowed mother must decide what to do with a video of her honeymoon love-making. A distraught businessman goes to the railroad tracks to find some sort of comfort and perhaps peace of mind, but finds the exact opposite in a group of young, miscreant men. Sneaking into a wedding reception, a homeless man forever changes the lives of all present. Suburban sprawl leads to disastrous consequences in the Pushcart Prize-winning "What They Did." In prose that radiates in every direction, Assorted Fire Events exposes the human condition and explores the fragility of those things that we most cherish, establishing David Means as a tremendous new presence in contemporary American literature.

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Bookseller: Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 045238
Title: Assorted Fire Events: Stories
Author: Means, David
Format/Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0865478872
ISBN 13: 9780865478879
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Place of Publication: New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2012
Pages: 165
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: Short Stories - American; Short Stories. Short Stories (single author)

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