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LEADER: 02015mam a2200289 a 4500
001 1962008
005 20220609035700.0
008 961203t19971997mou s000 1 eng
010 $a 96052710
020 $a0826210910 (paper : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm36083679
035 $9AMG4340CU
035 $a1962008
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dC#P$dOrLoB-B
050 00 $aPS3572.A546$bQ35 1997
082 00 $a813/.54$221
100 1 $aVan Winckel, Nance.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85049256
245 10 $aQuake /$cstories by Nance Van Winckel.
260 $aColumbia :$bUniversity of Missouri Press,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $a152 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
505 00 $g1.$tEver After --$g2.$tHearsay --$g3.$tWhatever Shines --$g4.$tCine Horrible --$g5.$tTaking Leave.
520 $aHeld together by a wealth of images, items, and ideals, these tantalizing tales join Sara, Fritz, Maria, Stevie, Nona, Claudia, and Sam as one. An earthquake appears in each story, reminding us that beneath the surface all is tumult, flux. And while each quake sings of life's unpredictability and precariousness, it is joined by familiar images - player pianos, brass doorknobs, and movie posters - which fall away, often to return, altered.
520 8 $aA number of gypsy characters, playing tangential roles at first, become central to the collection's larger story line. When Sara loses her hands after a freak accident in "Ever After," she encounters two Gypsy sisters whose scandalous family affairs permeate the rest of the book. In "Hearsay," Fritz, an out-of-work ventriloquist, is haunted by a failed love affair with a Gypsy woman thirty-four years past, and the son he never knew.
520 8 $aIn the final story of the collection, "Taking Leave," the artist Sam leaves his old life behind to start over again, while his wife seeks solace among a group of intriguing women who help her begin anew.
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3572.A546$iQ35 1997