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The Best Revenge: Short Stories / Rebecca Rule Hardcover, VG

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Item specifics

Condition
Very Good
A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the book cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. Some identifying marks on the inside cover, but this is minimal. Very little wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Hardcover; inscription by author on Title Page; only flaw is shelf wear on the dust jacket; no ...
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Fiction
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Personalize
No
Inscribed
Yes
Type
Short Stories
Features
Dust Jacket
Vintage
Yes
Original Language
English
Personalized
No
Intended Audience
Adults
Signed
Yes
Signed By
Rebecca Rule
Era
1990s
ISBN
9780874517026

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Dartmouth College
ISBN-10
0874517028
ISBN-13
9780874517026
eBay Product ID (ePID)
805322

Product Key Features

Book Title
Best Revenge : Short Stories
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1995
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), General, Humorous / General
Genre
Fiction
Author
Rebecca Rule
Book Series
Hardscrabble Books-Fiction of New England Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
9440-000944
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
"Her portraits are exquisite; these stories are sharp, clear, and poignant. Whether she is vibrantly detailing little league baseball, small-town politics, hunting and fishing, or the individual quirks and foibles of relatives and neighbors, Rule renders the commonplace extraordinary; readers will recognize themselves in every story. Highly recommended." --Library Journal
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
Cold honesty, grudging acceptance, and sweet revenge: facing down the demons in small-town New Hampshire., In nineteen finely honed, deftly realized short stories, Rebecca Rule crafts with gentle wit and striking clarity a conglomeration of sometimes ragtag but always appealing small-town denizens, each of whom squares off against a nemesis of a singular sort. With an eye for the signature detail, an ear for the rhythms of regional speech, and a strong feel for the nuances of rural culture, Rule maintains a fine balance between humor and pathos that prompted National Book Award winner Thomas Williams to comment, "Cold honesty gleams from every careful sentence." Twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Rule captures the essence of small-town New England life as she paints with a sure hand the fallings-out and friendships, the trials and triumphs of the New England microcosm. In "Yankee Curse," elderly Miranda knits placidly at a town meeting, pondering an amazing string of unspoken invective against an enemy but stopping short at "a curse she would never levy, not even on Mort Wallace: to live too long." In "Minna Runs for Selectman," a middle-aged woman's battlefield is "the strange, incestuous politics of this eccentric little town" but her real opponent is her own insecurity. In "Jim's Boat" a young couple wages a silent struggle over priorities in their marriage; in "Fishing with George" a small girl worries that "there's a hole in our family that gets bigger every time" her parents argue; and in the title story a mother copes with a hated neighbor through a sculpture that "makes her laugh the kind of laugh that doesn't end in a sob." Children and grandmothers, trappers and college professors, lifetime Yankees or transplanted Flatlanders: each finds the truth in Rule's observation that "revenge takes many forms -- some of which can heal."
LC Classification Number
PS3568.U422B47 1995

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