The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel

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"This could be a very short review. Read this book. These stories are . . . always original and perfectly expressed."
-THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Amy Hempel is a master of the short story. This celebrated volume gathers together her complete work—four short collections of stunning stories about marriages, minor disasters, and moments of revelation.
With her inimitable compassion and wit, Hempel introduces characters who make choices that seem inevitable, and whose longings and misgivings evoke eternal human experience.
For readers who have known Hempel's work for decades and for those who are just discovering her, this indispensable volume contains all the stories in Reasons to Live, At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom, Tumble Home, and The Dog of the Marriage. No reader of great writing should be without it.
"Amy Hempel's dazzling wit and exquisite use of language are impossible to disclaim."
-san francisco chronicle
"Hempel is unique. Her word-by-word virtuosity is off... Tovább

Fülszöveg

"This could be a very short review. Read this book. These stories are . . . always original and perfectly expressed."
-THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Amy Hempel is a master of the short story. This celebrated volume gathers together her complete work—four short collections of stunning stories about marriages, minor disasters, and moments of revelation.
With her inimitable compassion and wit, Hempel introduces characters who make choices that seem inevitable, and whose longings and misgivings evoke eternal human experience.
For readers who have known Hempel's work for decades and for those who are just discovering her, this indispensable volume contains all the stories in Reasons to Live, At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom, Tumble Home, and The Dog of the Marriage. No reader of great writing should be without it.
"Amy Hempel's dazzling wit and exquisite use of language are impossible to disclaim."
-san francisco chronicle
"Hempel is unique. Her word-by-word virtuosity is off the charts; her artistic evolution is phenomenal."
-chicago tribune
AMY hempel's stories have appeared in Harper's; GQj Elk; 0, The Oprah Magazine; and VanipFair. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, an award in literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a 2007 Ambassador Book Award. The Collected Stories of Arr^ Hempel was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Hempel teaches in the Graduate Writing Program at Bennington College and lives in New York City. Vissza