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The Burning House: Short Stories
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Ann Beattie
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House
Publication date
June 1, 1986
Binding
Cassette/Spoken Word
Edition
Unabridged
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780394556161
ISBN-10
039455616X
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Out of Print
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$7.95
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The now-classic, utterly unique voice of Ann Beattie is so dry it throws off sparks, her eye endowed with the emotional equivalent of X-ray vision. Her characters are young men and women discovering what it means to be a grown-up in a country that promised them they'd stay young forever. And here, in shapely, penetrating stories, Beattie confirms why she is one of the most widely imitated -- yet surely inimitable -- literary stylists of her generation.
In The Burning House, Beattie's characters go from dealing drugs to taking care of a bereaved friend. They watch their marriages fail not with a bang but with a wisecrack. And afterward, they may find themselves trading confidences with their spouses' new lovers. The Burning House proves that Beattie has no peer when it comes to revealing the hidden shapes of our relationships, or the depths of tenderness, grief, and anger that lie beneath the surfaces of our daily lives.
In The Burning House, Beattie's characters go from dealing drugs to taking care of a bereaved friend. They watch their marriages fail not with a bang but with a wisecrack. And afterward, they may find themselves trading confidences with their spouses' new lovers. The Burning House proves that Beattie has no peer when it comes to revealing the hidden shapes of our relationships, or the depths of tenderness, grief, and anger that lie beneath the surfaces of our daily lives.
Editions
Hardcover
from Random House Inc (September 1, 1982)
9780394524948 | details & prices | List price $12.95
About: A collection of the author's most recent stories features their unnervingly sophisticated young people and older folks striving for wisdom and grace, all of whom are rendered by an acclaimed stylist
About: A collection of the author's most recent stories features their unnervingly sophisticated young people and older folks striving for wisdom and grace, all of whom are rendered by an acclaimed stylist
Paperback
from Vintage Books (August 29, 1995); titled "Burning House: Short Stories"
9780679765004 | details & prices | 272 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $19.00
About: A collection of the author's most recent stories features unnervingly sophisticated young people and older folks striving for wisdom and grace
About: A collection of the author's most recent stories features unnervingly sophisticated young people and older folks striving for wisdom and grace
Cassette/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
Unabridged edition from Random House (June 1, 1986)
9780394556161 | details & prices | List price $7.95
About: The now-classic, utterly unique voice of Ann Beattie is so dry it throws off sparks, her eye endowed with the emotional equivalent of X-ray vision.
About: The now-classic, utterly unique voice of Ann Beattie is so dry it throws off sparks, her eye endowed with the emotional equivalent of X-ray vision.
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