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The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore

Lorrie Moore

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Since the publication of "Self-Help", her first collection of stories, Lorrie Moore has been hailed...

Urban Dharma

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Kusala Bhikshu and his Urban Dharma; an American born Buddhist monk living in Los Angeles,...

The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy

James Purdy

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Collected here for the first time are all James Purdy's short stories-fifty-six-including seven...

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Dec 3, 2018

Anansi Boys

Neil Gaiman | 2006 | Fiction & Poetry

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Don't compare this book to American Gods. You will be disappointed; for good reason. Unlike American Gods, this is Anansi's book (or his son's book). This book is humorous, silly, and whimsical in its lightness. Not to suggest the West African trickster can't be dark and scary that is just not the point in this story. Some parts do get dark and scary.
It is a story of family among other things. For people who are not a mythology nut like me. There are stories about Anansi in the book (somewhat like the coming to America stories in American Gods) so you will have an idea who this slightly random god is.

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Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley | 2000 | Fiction & Poetry

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"I read one of Borges’ short stories in a science-fiction magazine when I was 20, and I immediately fell in love with his style and his universe. Later on, I discovered that the short story, ‘The Babel Library,’ was part of this collection of short stories. Borges is the only South American writer all of whose books I have read and reread."

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