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The Wine of Astonishment: Stories
THE WINE OF ASTONISHMENT brings us a selection of thirteen stories containing a carnival house of characters: impetuous brides, immigrants struggling in a new land, suburban witches, rough and tumble low-life, a father "drunk on Tolstoy". A charming and magical book. Cuttingly real.
182 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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December 9, 2018
In this delightful collection, an engaging, relatable literary voice sweeps the reader along on vivid flights of exotic imagination. Heartfelt stories become existential explorations of worlds of wonder, some quotidian, some as strange as those of Vonnegut or Lynch, all relatable. Sly sentences, polished like gemstones, leavened with wit and a wry, ironic humor, weave tales to remember and revisit.
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