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"These eleven interrelated stories follow strands of hope and nostalgia that bind together, or fence off, the people of Windfall, Eric Shade's fictional western Pennsylvania community. In the title story, a group of unskilled laborers rerun memories of youth as they race against the dark t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shade, Eric, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Short stories, American.
Short stories.
Manners and customs.
City and town life.
FICTION > Short Stories (single author)
FICTION > General.
short stories.
Nouvelles americaines.
Nouvelles.
Vie urbaine > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
City and town life > Fiction.
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvanie > Moeurs et coutumes > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Pennsylvania > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Fiction.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"These eleven interrelated stories follow strands of hope and nostalgia that bind together, or fence off, the people of Windfall, Eric Shade's fictional western Pennsylvania community. In the title story, a group of unskilled laborers rerun memories of youth as they race against the dark to demolish the town's drive-in theater. A chain restaurant will take its place. Naomi dumps Dwight at the altar in "Hoops, Wires, and Plugs," but then Dwight fritters away the shamed agitation that could have propelled him beyond Windfall's stunting gravitational pull. In the final story, "Souvenirs," small-time hoods Paxson and Gus do what so many in Windfall can't: get out of town. They're off to Pittsburgh and a contract killing they hope will kick off a more rewarding life of crime."--Jacket
Item Description:"Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction."
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780820344836

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