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Bibliography Information:
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Collection:
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Maine Adult |
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Call Number:
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ME F |
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Author:
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Roorbach, Bill |
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Title:
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The girl of the lake |
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Remainder of title:
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stories |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"Nine richly varied, often funny, always moving stories that cross a range of landscapes and generations to reveal the complex workings of the human heart. Bill Roorbach conjures vivid, complex characters whose layered interior worlds feel at once familiar and extraordinary. He first made his mark as the winner of an O. Henry Prize for one of his stories and the Flannery O'Connor Award for his first collection, Big Bend. His astounding new collection, The Girl of the Lake, captures a virtuoso in his prime. Among the unforgettable characters Roorbach creates are an adventurous boy who learns what courage really is when an aging nobleman recounts history to him; a couple hiking through the mountains whose vacation and relationship ends catastrophically; a teenager being pursued by three sisters all at once; a tech genius who exacts revenge on his wife and best friend over a stolen kiss from years past; and many more. These stories--some being published for the first time, the rest originally from the Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, Ploughshares, the Missouri Review, Ecotone, and others--are as rich in scope, emotional, and unforgettable as Bill Roorbach's novels. He has been called "a kinder, gentler John Irving . . . a humane and entertaining storyteller with a smooth, graceful style" (the Washington Post), and his work has been described as "hilarious and heartbreaking, wild and wise" (Parade magazine), all of which is evident in spades (and also hearts, clubs, and diamonds) in every story in this arresting new collection"-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9781616203320 |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Geographic area code:
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n-us--- |
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Classification number:
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PS3568.O6345 |
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Item number:
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A6 2017 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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813/.54 |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Uniform title:
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Short stories. |
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Form subheading:
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Selections |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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by Bill Roorbach. |
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Edition statement:
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First edition. |
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Place of publication:
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Chapel Hill, NC |
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Name of publisher:
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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill |
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Date of publication:
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2017 |
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Projected publication date:
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1111 |
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina : |
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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, |
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2017. |
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Extent:
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240 pages |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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Formatted contents note:
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Harbinger Hall -- Kiva -- The fall -- Murder cottage -- Princesa -- Broadax, Inc. -- The tragedie of King Lear -- Some should -- Dung beetle -- The girl of the lake. |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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B & T |
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Purchase price:
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16.95 |
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Subject:
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Interpersonal relations |
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Subject:
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Social Life and Customs |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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Geographic name:
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United States |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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General subdivision:
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Social life and customs |
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Chronological subdivision:
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21st century |
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Source of term:
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lcgft |
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Genre/form data or focus term:
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Short stories. |
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acquire |
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1 shelf copy |
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policy default |
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CoCr |
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xn08 2017-07-31 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. |
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xk14 2017-01-23 (050 and 240 NAR only) to CIP |
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kellyp@algonquin.com; phone: 919-913-3866; email: kellyp@algonquin.com; bc: kellyp@algonquin.com |
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CoCrCIP |
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2017-01-19 |
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