Hint fiction : an anthology of stories in 25 words or fewer /
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Imprint: | New York : W. W. Norton & Company, c2011. |
| Description: | 188 p. ; 16 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8154528 |
| Summary: | A story collection that proves less is more. <br> <br> The stories in this collection run the gamut from playful to tragic, conservative to experimental, but they all have one thing in common: they are no more than 25 words long. Robert Swartwood was inspired by Ernest Hemingway's possibly apocryphal six-word story--"For Sale: baby shoes, never worn"--to foster the writing of these incredibly short-short stories. He termed them "hint fiction" because the few chosen words suggest a larger, more complex chain of events. Spare and evocative, these stories prove that a brilliantly honed narrative can be as startling and powerful as a story of traditional length. The 125 gemlike stories in this collection come from such best-selling and award-winning authors as Joyce Carol Oates, Ha Jin, Peter Straub, and James Frey, as well as emerging writers. |
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| Physical Description: | 188 p. ; 16 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780393338461 0393338460 |
