Holding pattern: stories

by Allen, Jeffery Renard

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Title Statements

Full title :Holding pattern : stories / Jeffery Renard Allen.

Summary

The world of Jeffery Renard Allen's stunning short-story collection is a place like no other. A recognizable city, certainly, but one in which a man might sprout wings or copper pennies might fall from the skies onto your head. Yet these are no fairy tales. The hostility, the hurt, is all too human. The protagonists circle each other with steely determination: a grandson taunts his grandmother, determined to expose her secret past; for years, a sister tries to keep a menacing neighbor away from her brother; and in the local police station, an officer and prisoner try to break each other's resolve. In all the stories, Allen calibrates the mounting tension with exquisite timing, in mesmerizing prose that has won him comparisons with Joyce and Faulkner. Holding Pattern is a captivating collection by a prodigiously talented writer.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2008.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Graywolf Press
Place of Publication:St. Paul, Minn
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2008.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (227 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781555973476, 1555973477
oclc:ocn680632169
LC Classification:PS3551.L393815
Dewey Decimal:813.6

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