The surprising place : stories / Malinda McCollum.

By:

McCollum, Malinda [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]Description: 1 online resource (x, 197 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781613765883
1613765886
9781613765890
1613765894

Uniform titles:

Short stories. Selections

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Surprising place.DDC classification:

813/.6 23

LOC classification:

PS3613.C375 A6 2018

Online resources:

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Contents:

He ain't Jesus -- The fifth wall -- Think straight -- Us, crazy -- Wonderland of rocks -- Sharks -- Your big sister -- House of troubles -- Days dirty -- Kicks -- Good monks -- Smart life -- The surprising place.

Awards:

Winner of the Juniper Prize for Fiction.

Summary: "A woman walks a raccoon on a leash, a synchronized swimming coach pops pills during practice, a bagpiper holds a young girl hostage, and an orphan puts her fist through a window, discovering in the engine noise of a jet passing overhead the perfect witness to her inner pain. In this debut collection from prizewinning short story writer Malinda McCollum, people adrift in the American Midwest struggle to find their way in the world, with few signposts for guidance. Set largely in Des Moines, Iowa, over the expanse of several decades, these twelve stories explore the surprising places where our outsized longings may lead us. In prose as lean and unflinching as an Iowa winter, these stories offer confrontation and consolation in equal measure."-- Provided by publisher.

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Winner of the Juniper Prize for Fiction.

"A woman walks a raccoon on a leash, a synchronized swimming coach pops pills during practice, a bagpiper holds a young girl hostage, and an orphan puts her fist through a window, discovering in the engine noise of a jet passing overhead the perfect witness to her inner pain. In this debut collection from prizewinning short story writer Malinda McCollum, people adrift in the American Midwest struggle to find their way in the world, with few signposts for guidance. Set largely in Des Moines, Iowa, over the expanse of several decades, these twelve stories explore the surprising places where our outsized longings may lead us. In prose as lean and unflinching as an Iowa winter, these stories offer confrontation and consolation in equal measure."-- Provided by publisher.

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