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Kathryn Chetkovich Friendly Fire (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- Friendly Fire
- Publication Name
- Friendly Fire
- Title
- Friendly Fire
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9780877456438
- ISBN
- 9780877456438
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press
- Genre
- Fiction
- Release Date
- 30/09/1998
- Release Year
- 1998
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Topic
- Short Stories (Single Author)
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 6.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 132 Pages
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Kathryn Chetkovich's stories detail the lives of women finding their way in a contemporary world where the traditional maps of love, family, and community are no longer particularly reliable. These are women who find themselves in that mysterious zone of existence that separates our expectations from what eventually befalls us. It's a gap between what we want and what's offered, between what we think we're capable of and the gesture that must suffice. Consequently, Chetkovich's characters in Friendly Fire, often to their own consternation, find themselves chasing a dream while simultaneously searching for its opposite. As the title suggests, Friendly Fire is a collection that describes how we are sometimes brought down by those we love, often unintentionally, sometimes through willful acts, and usually under circumstances we soon regret. To these characters, romance is both a mystery and a challenge. Their friendships, fed equally by intimacy, jealousy, and frankness, often possess the intensity of marriage and the bonds that are born of shared pain. Ultimately, it's the mistakes -- the moments when they fail each other through lies, affairs, harsh words, lapses in loyalty -- that provide the sudden openings through which these characters see themselves and recognize each other. Their transgressions help identify who they are and finally bring them closer together.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Iowa Press
ISBN-10
0877456437
ISBN-13
9780877456438
eBay Product ID (ePID)
895781
Product Key Features
Book Title
Friendly Fire
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author)
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
132 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
6.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3553.H433f75 1998
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"This is a book that's genuine fun to read thanks in part to the comic vision that gives these stories a memorable charm. The humor in Friendly Fire springs more from keen observation than situation. It's a complex humor that seems absolutely natural to the predominantly youthful voices of these narrators; yet, beneath the quips, there's a wisdom that prevents the youthfulness from ever seeming callow and a sense of understated sentiment that's all the more affecting for its comic guise."--Stuart Dybek, author of Childhood and Other Neighbors and judge of the 1998 John Simmons Short Fiction Award, "I was once lucky enough to publish a story Kathy Chetkovich had worked on for fourteen years, at least that's what she claimed. To me the story felt like a bolt of fire, searing, delicious, made for the moment, all-devouring. She is the kind of crafty writer who makes it seem so easy. I read her the way I eat an apple-grateful something so close to home can be so exquisite."-Howard Junker, editor, ZYZZYVA, "This is a book that's genuine fun to read thanks in part to the comic vision that gives these stories a memorable charm. The humor inFriendly Firesprings more from keen observation than situation. It's a complex humor that seems absolutely natural to the predominantly youthful voices of these narrators; yet, beneath the quips, there's a wisdom that prevents the youthfulness from ever seeming callow and a sense of understated sentiment that's all the more affecting for its comic guise."-Stuart Dybek, author ofChildhood and Other Neighborsand judge of the 1998 John Simmons Short Fiction Award, "I was once lucky enough to publish a story Kathy Chetkovich had worked on for fourteen years, at least that's what she claimed. To me the story felt like a bolt of fire, searing, delicious, made for the moment, all-devouring. She is the kind of crafty writer who makes it seem so easy. I read her the way I eat an apple--grateful something so close to home can be so exquisite."--Howard Junker, editor, ZYZZYVA, "I was once lucky enough to publish a story Kathy Chetkovich had worked on for fourteen years, at least that's what she claimed. To me the story felt like a bolt of fire, searing, delicious, made for the moment, all-devouring. She is the kind of crafty writer who makes it seem so easy. I read her the way I eat an apple-grateful something so close to home can be so exquisite."-Howard Junker, editor,ZYZZYVA, "This is a book that's genuine fun to read thanks in part to the comic vision that gives these stories a memorable charm. The humor in Friendly Fire springs more from keen observation than situation. It's a complex humor that seems absolutely natural to the predominantly youthful voices of these narrators; yet, beneath the quips, there's a wisdom that prevents the youthfulness from ever seeming callow and a sense of understated sentiment that's all the more affecting for its comic guise."-Stuart Dybek, author of Childhood and Other Neighbors and judge of the 1998 John Simmons Short Fiction Award
Copyright Date
1998
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
98-024438
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Series
Iowa Short Fiction Award Ser.
Dewey Edition
21
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