At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom: Stories

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Knopf, 1990 - 137 síður
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Hempel delivers 16 stories whose central dramas often turn on the quest to realize oneself fully by reason of freeing oneself completely to love. Hempel proves to be a faithful chronicler of the desperations peculiar to the savvy, semi-detached women of her generation.

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A book of short stories always brings with it the possibility of intriguing titles, and there are several grabbers in this collec tion. In "The Most Girl Part of You,'' one watches Big Guy, a kind of ... Read full review

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At the gates of the animal kingdom: stories
Amy Hempel
Bútasýn - 1990

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Amy Hempel is the author of "Tumble Home, Reasons to Live, " and "At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom, " and the coeditor of "Unleashed." Her stories have appeared in "Elle, GQ, Harper's, Playboy, The Quarterly, " and "Vanity Fair." She teaches in the Graduate Writing Program at Bennington College and lives in New York City.

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TitillAt the Gates of the Animal Kingdom: Stories
HöfundurAmy Hempel
ÚtgefandiKnopf, 1990
Original fromHáskólinn í Michigan
Digitized8 mar. 2008
ISBN0394571746, 9780394571744
Length137 síður
  
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