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Hum - Stories (Paperback, 4th)
Series: Fiction Collective Two
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Winner of the fC2 Catherine doctorow innovative fiction Prize. A
new collection of stories by bestselling author Michelle Richmond,
Hum presents a cautionary political fable, a celebration of the
complexities of marriage, and a meditation on modern-day
alienation. Thirteen years after the publication of her first story
collection, The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress, New York Times
bestselling author Michelle Richmond returns with Hum, a collection
of ten stories that examine love, lust, and loyalty from surprising
angles. In "Hum," a young couple that is paid to live in a house
filled with surveillance equipment becomes "quietly lost to each
other," as the wife's infatuation with the subject of their
surveillance turns to obsession. In "Medicine," a woman grieving
over the death of her sister finds her calling as a manual medical
caregiver. In "Boulevard," a couple who has been trying to have a
child for seven years finds themselves in an unnamed country at the
height of a revolution, summoned there by the enigmatic H.
"Scales," the story of a woman who falls in love with a man whose
body is covered with scales, parses the intersection of pain and
pleasure. The narrator of "Lake" must choose whether to walk in the
foot- steps of her famous grandfather, The Great Amphibian, who
disappeared while performing a feat of daring in Lake Michigan.
What does it mean to be heroic? How much should one sacrifice in
the name of love? These questions and more are explored with
tenderness, wit, and unerring precision in Hum.
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Imprint: |
Fiction Collective Two
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Fiction Collective Two |
Release date: |
March 2014 |
First published: |
March 2014 |
Authors: |
Michelle Richmond
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Foreword by: |
Rikki Ducornet
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
168 |
Edition: |
4th |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-57366-178-2 |
Categories: |
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Fiction >
General
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LSN: |
1-57366-178-3 |
Barcode: |
9781573661782 |
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