Irish Girl |
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| Author:
| Johnston, Tim |
| Series title: | Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57441-271-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of North Texas Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $12.95 |
Book Description:
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Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, 2009 Inside Tim Johnston's Irish Girl (winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction) readers will find spellbinding stories of loss, absence, and the devastating effects of chance--of what happens when the unthinkable bad luck of other people, of other towns, becomes our bad luck, our town. Taut, lucid, and engrossing, provocative and dark--and often darkly...
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Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, 2009
Inside Tim Johnston's Irish Girl (winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction) readers will find spellbinding stories of loss, absence, and the devastating effects of chance--of what happens when the unthinkable bad luck of other people, of other towns, becomes our bad luck, our town. Taut, lucid, and engrossing, provocative and dark--and often darkly funny--these stories have much to offer the lover of literary fiction as well as the reader who just loves a great story.