A Permanent Member of the Family Paperback - 2014
by Russell Banks
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- Title A Permanent Member of the Family
- Author Russell Banks
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Date 2014
- Features Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0061857661I3N00
- ISBN 9780061857669 / 0061857661
- Weight 0.41 lbs (0.19 kg)
- Dimensions 8.21 x 5.34 x 0.6 in (20.85 x 13.56 x 1.52 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Cultural Region: South
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Family
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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From the rear cover
A masterly collection of new stories from Russell Banks, acclaimed author of The Sweet Hereafter and Rule of the Bone, which maps the complex terrain of the modern American family
The New York Times lauds Russell Banks as "the most compassionate fiction writer working today." Long celebrated for his unflinching, empathetic works that explore the unspoken but hard realities of contemporary culture, Banks now turns his keen intelligence and emotional acuity on perhaps his most complex subject yet: the shape of family in its many forms.
Suffused with Banks's trademark lyricism and reckless humor, the twelve stories in A Permanent Member of the Family examine the myriad ways we try--and sometimes fail--to connect with one another, as we seek a home in the world.
Moving between the stark beauty of winter in upstate New York and the seductive heat of Florida, A Permanent Member of the Family charts with subtlety and precision the ebb and flow of both the families we make for ourselves and the ones we're born into. One of our most acute and penetrating authors, Banks is a virtuosic writer whose stories are profoundly humane, deeply--and darkly--funny, and absolutely unforgettable.
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Citations
- New York Times Book Review, 11/02/2014, Page 28