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Thirst

Thirst( )
Author: Kalfus, Ken
ISBN:978-1-57131-805-3
Publication Date:Feb 2010
Publisher:Milkweed Editions
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $1.99
Book Description:

Distinguished by black comedy and an international perspective, Ken Kalfus' stories frequently fold into each other and are most often about the abrupt dislocation of people bumping into different cultures, be they real, hallucinated, dreamed, or desired. His characters -- which include an endless line of refugees fleeing Sarajevo with no particular destination, an Irish au pair plagued by her own psychosexual fears in a Paris science museum, and an entirely fictitious...
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Pages:226
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Short Stories (Single Author)
Author Biography
Kalfus, Ken (Author)
Ken Kalfus is an American writer who has lived in Paris, Dublin, Belgrade, and most recently, Moscow. His first book, Thirst (also available from WSP), was one of the most celebrated story collections in recent years, meriting inclusion in the best-of-the-year lists of the New York Times, Salon, the Village Voice, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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