De Aller-Bedste Bøger - over 12 mio. danske og engelske bøger
Levering: 1 - 2 hverdage

Universally Adored and Other One Dollar Stories

Bag om Universally Adored and Other One Dollar Stories

"Exquisite short stories that give me hope." John McNally, author of The Book of Ralph: A Novel In Universally Adored and Other One Dollar Stories, Elizabeth Bruce gives readers 33 ways of looking at a dollar. Her empathetic, humorous, and disarming embrace of plain-spoken people searching for a way out, charms and provokes. These are bittersweet stories of resilience and defiance. In "Universally Adored," a color-obsessed artist draws a facsimile of a dollar-a masterpiece universally adored-to win her girlfriend back. While checking for spare change in the laundry, in "Bald Tires" a Tennessee housewife with a malcontent husband finds an unused condom in his Sunday trousers. In "The Forgiveness Man," a runaway teen with a newborn follows a vagabond healer absolving the bedraggled godless through hugs of forgiveness. And in "Magic Fingers, a ladies' room attendant tracked down by her abusive ex finds refuge in a cheap motel with a 1970s era bed massager. Riffing on the intimate object of a dollar, Bruce's humane short fictions-from a great mashed potato war to the grass Jesus walked on-ring with the exquisite voices of characters in analog worlds.

Vis mere
  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9783988320391
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Udgivet:
  • 30. januar 2024
  • Størrelse:
  • 127x203x14 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 204 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 16. januar 2025
På lager
Forlænget returret til d. 31. januar 2025
  •  

    Kan ikke leveres inden jul.
    Køb nu og print et gavebevis

Normalpris

Abonnementspris

- Rabat på køb af fysiske bøger
- 1 valgfrit digitalt ugeblad
- 20 timers lytning og læsning
- Adgang til 70.000+ titler
- Ingen binding

Abonnementet koster 75 kr./md.
Ingen binding og kan opsiges når som helst.

Beskrivelse af Universally Adored and Other One Dollar Stories

"Exquisite short stories that give me hope." John McNally, author of The Book of Ralph: A Novel
In Universally Adored and Other One Dollar Stories, Elizabeth Bruce gives readers 33 ways of looking at a dollar. Her empathetic, humorous, and disarming embrace of plain-spoken people searching for a way out, charms and provokes. These are bittersweet stories of resilience and defiance.
In "Universally Adored," a color-obsessed artist draws a facsimile of a dollar-a masterpiece universally adored-to win her girlfriend back. While checking for spare change in the laundry, in "Bald Tires" a Tennessee housewife with a malcontent husband finds an unused condom in his Sunday trousers. In "The Forgiveness Man," a runaway teen with a newborn follows a vagabond healer absolving the bedraggled godless through hugs of forgiveness. And in "Magic Fingers, a ladies' room attendant tracked down by her abusive ex finds refuge in a cheap motel with a 1970s era bed massager.
Riffing on the intimate object of a dollar, Bruce's humane short fictions-from a great mashed potato war to the grass Jesus walked on-ring with the exquisite voices of characters in analog worlds.

Brugerbedømmelser af Universally Adored and Other One Dollar Stories



Find lignende bøger
Bogen Universally Adored and Other One Dollar Stories findes i følgende kategorier: