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The Burning House, Lisicky, Paul
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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 0981968783
- EAN
- 9780981968780
- Publication Name
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- Type
- Paperback / softback
- Release Title
- The Burning House
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- Lisicky, Paul
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Etruscan Press
ISBN-10
0981968783
ISBN-13
9780981968780
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99373989
Product Key Features
Book Title
Burning House
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Family Life, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
8.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2011-005678
TitleLeading
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Synopsis
This witty and astute novel explores loss, desire, and moral choice, as a recession-era family and community disintegrate into chaos., " The Burning House is an achingly lovely novel about the things that bind us together in this life and the things that pull us apart. Paul Lisicky has an extraordinary gift for exploring emotional nuance and the rhythms of desire. With this book he yet again asserts himself as one of the select writers who continues to teach me about the complexities of the human heart."--Robert Olen Butler "...a beautiful and powerful writer..."-- Publishers Weekly "...an extraordinary fiction in that it sustains a believable poetic voice throughout..."-- Boston Globe In this captivating family saga, narrator Isidore Mirsky finds his close-knit family and community suddenly coming apart. Facing the illness of family members and the loss of homes in a recession-plagued urban town, he also contends with an overwhelming new desire--his feelings for his wife's sister. The Burning House finds its narrator at his most vulnerable, and explores what it means to be a good man amidst chaos. Paul Lisicky is the author of Lawnboy and Famous Builder . Lisicky maintains a highly active schedule with readings and book signings, and connects with his readership through Facebook and his blog. He lives in New York City and on the east end of Long Island, and teaches at New York University. A collection of short prose pieces, Unbuilt Projects , is forthcoming in 2012., The Burning House is an achingly lovely novel about the things that bind us together in this life and the things that pull us apart. Paul Lisicky has an extraordinary gift for exploring emotional nuance and the rhythms of desire. With this book he yet again asserts himself as one of the select writers who continues to teach me about the complexities of the human heart.--Robert Olen Butler ...a beautiful and powerful writer...-- Publishers Weekly ...an extraordinary fiction in that it sustains a believable poetic voice throughout...-- Boston Globe In this captivating family saga, narrator Isidore Mirsky finds his close-knit family and community suddenly coming apart. Facing the illness of family members and the loss of homes in a recession-plagued urban town, he also contends with an overwhelming new desire--his feelings for his wife's sister. The Burning House finds its narrator at his most vulnerable, and explores what it means to be a good man amidst chaos. Paul Lisicky is the author of Lawnboy and Famous Builder . Lisicky maintains a highly active schedule with readings and book signings, and connects with his readership through Facebook and his blog. He lives in New York City and on the east end of Long Island, and teaches at New York University. A collection of short prose pieces, Unbuilt Projects , is forthcoming in 2012., " The Burning House is an achingly lovely novel about the things that bind us together in this life and the things that pull us apart. Paul Lisicky has an extraordinary gift for exploring emotional nuance and the rhythms of desire. With this book he yet again asserts himself as one of the select writers who continues to teach me about the complexities of the human heart."--Robert Olen Butler ..".a beautiful and powerful writer..."-- Publishers Weekly ..".an extraordinary fiction in that it sustains a believable poetic voice throughout..."-- Boston Globe In this captivating family saga, narrator Isidore Mirsky finds his close-knit family and community suddenly coming apart. Facing the illness of family members and the loss of homes in a recession-plagued urban town, he also contends with an overwhelming new desire--his feelings for his wife's sister. The Burning House finds its narrator at his most vulnerable, and explores what it means to be a good man amidst chaos. Paul Lisicky is the author of Lawnboy and Famous Builder . Lisicky maintains a highly active schedule with readings and book signings, and connects with his readership through Facebook and his blog. He lives in New York City and on the east end of Long Island, and teaches at New York University. A collection of short prose pieces, Unbuilt Projects , is forthcoming in 2012.
LC Classification Number
PS3562.I773B87 2011
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