Five on Fiction |
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| Author:
| Kauffman, Janet |
| ISBN: | 978-1-886224-73-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Publisher: | Burning Deck Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.00 |
Book Description:
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Fiction. "It is Kauffman's sensitivity and restraint that have brought her early recognition. But it is the burgeoning lack of restraint that will mark hers as an essential American voice"--Julia Lisella. "It's akin to making a hat from sticks. The handwork and gluing are not all sweatshopped. Not jetted or crashed into wetlands, not magically rising up out of it whole and crowned. You can count the prepositions, cross-fingered, coming up to from out of, especially. And it is a...
More DescriptionFiction. "It is Kauffman's sensitivity and restraint that have brought her early recognition. But it is the burgeoning lack of restraint that will mark hers as an essential American voice"--Julia Lisella. "It's akin to making a hat from sticks. The handwork and gluing are not all sweatshopped. Not jetted or crashed into wetlands, not magically rising up out of it whole and crowned. You can count the prepositions, cross-fingered, coming up to from out of, especially. And it is a cityscape here. Swept. There's plenty of sand for the froth of some sea"--from FIVE ON FICTION. Janet Kauffman's other books include The Body in Four Parts, Characters on the Loose, and ROT, which is currently available from SPD.