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More Shapes Than One: A Book of Stories

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These thirteen tales are populated by an assortment of fictional as well as real characters, all of them vividly sketched and true-to-life: the botanist Linnaeus, the composer Offenbach, the poet Hart Crane, the visionary horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, a southern sheriff, a dealer in rare books, a country singer, an old maid , and a mathematician. Whether these stories are deemed disquieting, comic, prophetic, or tall in the telling, they show us worlds where the truth reveals itself in many shapes. Throughout the writings comprising More Shapes Than One, Fred Chappell's storytelling magic transforms the commonplace.

Language: English

Pages: 208

Format: Paperback

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Release: July 15, 1992

ISBN: 0312082657

ISBN 13: 9780312082659

More Shapes Than One: A Book of Stories

4/5 ( ratings)

These thirteen tales are populated by an assortment of fictional as well as real characters, all of them vividly sketched and true-to-life: the botanist Linnaeus, the composer Offenbach, the poet Hart Crane, the visionary horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, a southern sheriff, a dealer in rare books, a country singer, an old maid , and a mathematician. Whether these stories are deemed disquieting, comic, prophetic, or tall in the telling, they show us worlds where the truth reveals itself in many shapes. Throughout the writings comprising More Shapes Than One, Fred Chappell's storytelling magic transforms the commonplace.

Language: English

Pages: 208

Format: Paperback

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Release: July 15, 1992

ISBN: 0312082657

ISBN 13: 9780312082659

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