| Alma Winklegrin's Lower Denture Is Missing: Short Stories & Prose Works Contributor(s): Roper, R. R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0595293662 ISBN-13: 9780595293667 Publisher: iUniverse OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2003 Annotation: "Alma Winklegrin's Lower Denture Is Missing" is an eclectic collection of short stories and prose works covering a wide variety of humorous and serious subjects as illustrated by titles such as: § Adversity University § A Ride With Grandma § Return Of The Warrior § Apology To A Dead Enemy § Spillane Revisited An excerpt from the short story "A Moment In The Sun" portrays the author's poetic style--"He had come to think, to be alone, and let his mind wander, to heal a recent hurt, to feel the bleak disconsolation of a momentary despair..." R. R. Roper experiments with unusual variations of fiction ranging from stories that are all dialog to stories that are all narration, a short play, reminiscences, and stories which could be categorized more as "tales" than short stories. The characters portrayed are truly defined by their very personal idiosyncrasies. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.98" W x 9.22" (0.63 lbs) 184 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Alma Winklegrin's Lower Denture Is Missing is an eclectic collection of short stories and prose works covering a wide variety of humorous and serious subjects as illustrated by titles such as: Adversity University A Ride With Grandma Return Of The Warrior Apology To A Dead Enemy Spillane Revisited An excerpt from the short story "A Moment In The Sun" portrays the author's poetic style--"He had come to think, to be alone, and let his mind wander, to heal a recent hurt, to feel the bleak disconsolation of a momentary despair..." R. R. Roper experiments with unusual variations of fiction ranging from stories that are all dialog to stories that are all narration, a short play, reminiscences, and stories which could be categorized more as tales than short stories. The characters portrayed are truly defined by their very personal idiosyncrasies. |