Fabrications: New and Selected Stories (Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction) by Painter, Pamela

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Paperback / softback. New. <p><b>A crowning collection from the award-winning short story writer Pamela Painter.</b></p><p>Pamela Painter's short stories have been praised by Margot Livesey for their "wicked intelligence and ruthless humor." In<i> Fabrications</i>, which brings together 7 new and 24 selected stories, characters struggle to avoid the chaos in their lives, but—driven by addictions and appetites—often bring on disaster. Nobody is ordinary in Painter's stories. A burglar can't believe what he is asked to do by the woman whose jewelry he is stealing. Hitchhikers, hell-bent on murder, are thwarted by the miracle of story-telling. A wife can make rooms—and her husband—disappear, but saves the family dog. A young woman insists on the romance of being married in an Elvis Presley chapel, but for the wrong reasons.… Read More

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Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2020. Paperback. New. 312 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches.