| Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories Contributor(s): Willett, Jincy (Author), Sedaris, David (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0312428103 ISBN-13: 9780312428105 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: Critically acclaimed when it was first published in 1987, this timeless collection of stories features eccentric, complex characters who think and do the unconventional. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Humorous - Black Humor - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.80 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jincy Willett is the high priestess of dark comedy. The classic stories in this collection cut through every convention, every idea of normalcy, with empathy and fearless wit, undermining all the old ideas about the happy family, the good son, the dutiful mother. In Willett's world, perversity and tenderness walk hand in hand; there's laughter and funerals, ambivalence in the nursery, and redemption for the wicked. As David Sedaris writes in his foreword, I'm prepared to wear a sandwich board for this book. I can't help myself. It' just too good. |
Contributor Bio(s): Willett, Jincy: - JINCY WILLETT is the author of Jenny and the Jaws of Life, Winner of the National Book Award, and The Writing Class, which have been translated and sold internationally. Her stories have been published in Cosmopolitan, McSweeney's Quarterly and other magazines. She frequently reviews for The New York Times Book Review. |