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Author / Creator:	Curley, Daniel.
Uniform title:	Short stories. Selections
Edition:	Paperback edition.
Imprint:	Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2013. ©1985
Description:	1 online resource (134 pages .)
Language:	English
Series:	Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.
Subject:	Short stories. Short stories. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11199940

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ISBN:	082034494X 9780820344942 9780820344416 0820344419
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	In Daniel Curley's stories, passionate rage and cool, clear hatred alter the terms of even the most basic human relationships, etching odd patterns on the surface of the natural world--a man applies the methods of Mata-Hari to the task of keeping track of his ex-wife; the victim of a pickpocket plots psychological revenge on the criminal population of a Mexico City bus line; a spurned lover summons all his strength and courage to liberate a roomful of snakes held captive by his rival. For the most part, the figures in the landscape of these stories are men and women performing the rituals that.
Awards:	Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, 1985.
Other form:	Print version: 9780820344416 0820344419

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