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Twin Study

Stories

Stacey Richter

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English
Counterpoint
28 May 2008
In the sense that all stories have been written before, a truly startling piece of fiction may be the greatest literary feat possible.

Enter Stacey Richter, a virtuoso contender for that very prize, whose offbeat characters manage to toe the line between eccentricity and banal daily life.

Each story is organized around a pair of characters, and these characters are permitted to reach their full bizarre potential against mundane backdrops. The result is fiction that drives toward a place of surreal revelation, in these sometimes disturbing, often funny, short pieces. In Twin Study, Richter beautifully captures - albeit through unlikely exemplars - the essential experience of humanity.
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Imprint:   Counterpoint
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   First Trade Paper Edition
Dimensions:   Height: 209mm,  Width: 139mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   349g
ISBN:   9781582433936
ISBN 10:   1582433933
Pages:   272
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Stacey Richter is the author of My Date with Satan. A four-time Pushcart Prize-winner and a winner of the National Magazine Award for fiction, she lives in Tucson, Arizona.

Reviews for Twin Study: Stories

""Breathe a sigh of relief at the appearance of Stacey Richter, a hip, pop culture-obsessed fiction writer who actually knows what she's doing. My Date with Satan establishes Richter as a talent to be reckoned with. She writes like a discoverer who has found the country she's been looking for."" ""Richter brings a wacky imagination to gender wars...one of the more outlandishly imaginative minds in contemporary fiction."" ""Richter's writing has an irony that is familiar yet fresh; her stories are extremely well written and engaging."" ""This collection offers a refreshingly original vision, reminding us at every turn that our surfaces rarely reflect the depths of our human reality.""


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