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Short short stories
Title:
Short short stories
Author:
Eggers, Dave.
ISBN:
9780141023083
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
London : Penguin, 2005.
Physical Description:
54 pages ; 18 cm.
Series:
Pocket Penguins ; 65

Pocket Penguin ; 65.
General Note:
Reprinted from: The Guardian, 2004.
Contents:
You know how to spell Elijah -- This certain song -- What the water feels like to the fishes -- The weird wife -- This flight attendant (Gary, is it?) is on fire! -- True story, 1986, Midwest, USA, Tuesday -- It is finally time to tell the story -- A circle like some circles -- On making someone a good man by calling him a good man -- The definition of Reg -- How long it took -- She needed more nuance -- The heat and Eduardo, part I -- Of Gretchen and de Gaulle -- The heat and Eduardo, part II -- Sleep to dreamier sleep be wed -- On seeing Bob Balaban in person twice in one week -- When he started saying 'I appreciate it' after 'thank you' -- You'll have to save that for another time -- Woman, foghorn -- How do the Koreans feel about the Germans? -- Georgia is lost -- They decide to have no more death -- Roderick hopes.
Abstract:
Dave Eggers has been partly responsible for a rejuvenation of short fiction in the USA, and these short stories are as original and witty as any of his longer works.
Added Title:
Guardian.
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