| Description |
131 pages ; 20 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Summary |
"The very short stories of Diane Williams have been aptly called 'folk tales that hammer like a nail gun, ' and these forty new ones are sharper than ever. They are unsettling, yes, frequently revelatory, and more often than not downright funny."--Publisher website. |
| Contents |
Beauty, love and vanity itself -- A gray pottery head -- Cinch -- Gulls -- To revive a person is no slight thing -- Head of a naked girl -- Rhapsody breeze -- Lavatory -- People of the week -- The romantic life -- The great passion and its context -- Specialist -- The poet -- At a period of exceptional dullness -- Head of the big man -- Living deluxe -- Personal details -- Flying things -- How blown up -- Sigh -- There is always a hesitation before turning in a finished job -- The mermaid pose -- Greed -- Clarinda -- The skol -- The thickening wish -- Lamb chops, cod -- Of the true and final good -- Glimpses of Mrs. Williams -- Girl with a pencil -- Perform small tasks -- With red chair -- Try -- Removal men -- A mere flask poured out -- Bang bang on the stair -- A little bottle of tears -- When I was old and ugly -- Palm against palm -- Human comb. |
| Subject |
Flash fiction.
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Flash fiction. (OCoLC)fst01920534
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Short stories.
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| ISBN |
9781940450841 |
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1940450845 |
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