Dreams of Dead Women's Handbag Collected Stories |
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| Author:
| Mackay, Shena |
| Series title: | Harvest Book Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-15-600533-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1997 |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.00 |
Book Description:
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In stories as intriguing as their title-"Pink Cigarettes," "Electric Blue Damsels,""Other People's Bathrobes"-Mackay demonstrates her uncanny ability to expose the menace of everyday life with humor and haunting accuracy. Harnessing Mackay's darkly comic vision, an astonshing originality, and vibrant prose, these remarkable short works provide "novel-worthy dimensions in a few pages" (The New York Times Book Review). "American readers new to Mackay's stories," said Publishers...
More DescriptionIn stories as intriguing as their title-"Pink Cigarettes," "Electric Blue Damsels,""Other People's Bathrobes"-Mackay demonstrates her uncanny ability to expose the menace of everyday life with humor and haunting accuracy. Harnessing Mackay's darkly comic vision, an astonshing originality, and vibrant prose, these remarkable short works provide "novel-worthy dimensions in a few pages" (The New York Times Book Review). "American readers new to Mackay's stories," said Publishers Weekly, "havesomething really special waiting for them."