Reversals, transformations, and surprises abound in these assured stories. Parables for our times--with a hint of the reckless and the absurd that we have come to expect from Ha Jin--The Bridegroom offers tales both mischievous and wise.
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You
: Stories
by
Amy Bloom
Hardcover: Jul 2000
Paperback: 1 Jul 2001 Publication information
Transcendent stories: about the uncertain gestures of love, about the betrayals and gifts of the body, about the surprises and bounties of the heart, and about what comes to us unbidden and what we choose.
Hearts In Atlantis by
Stephen King
Hardcover: Sep 1999
Paperback: 1 Aug 2000 Publication information
Five interconnected, sequential narratives, set in the years from 1960 to 1999. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the Vietnam War.
For The Relief of Unbearable Urges by
Nathan Englander
Hardcover: Apr 1999
Paperback: 1 Mar 2000 Publication information
A work of stunning authority and imagination - a book that is as wondrous and joyful as it is wrenchingly sad, and that heralds the arrival of a profoundly gifted new storyteller.
A bold, mesmerizing novel about the woman known as "Typhoid Mary," the first known healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the burgeoning metropolis of early twentieth century New York.
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