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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

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ISBN: 9780743273947

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 4/4/05

Binding: Paperback

Age Range: -

Grade Range: NA-NA

Series: A Meditation on Short Fiction,

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Language: English

BISAC: Fiction, Anthologies (multiple authors), Classics, Humorous, and Dark Humor

Related Subjects: Short stories, American and Short stories, Commonwealth (English)

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A must-have for the fans of the #1 bestselling author of Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris, a collection of his favorite short fiction from Flannery O'Connor to Tobias Wolff.

David Sedaris is an exceptional reader. Alone in his apartment, he reads stories aloud to the point he has them memorized. Sometimes he fantasizes that he wrote them. Sometimes, when they're his very favorite stories, he'll fantasize about reading them in front of an audience and taking credit for them. The audience in these fantasies always loves him and gives him the respect he deserves.

David Sedaris didn't write the stories in Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules. But he did read them. And he liked them enough to hand pick them for this collection of short fiction. Featuring such notable writers as Lorrie Moore, Alice Munro, Joyce Carol Oates, Jean Thompson, and Tobias Wolff, Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules includes some of the most influential and talented short story writers, contemporary and classic.

Perfect for fans of literary fiction and Sedaris's wry sense of humor, Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules offers a curated glimpse into the stories that have inspired him and many others.

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