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001			ocn913116994
003			OCoLC
005			20180722222237.0
008			150629s2016 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2015025570
040			_aDLC _erda _beng _cDLC _dYDX _dYDXCP _dBTCTA _dBDX _dDAD _dIHE _dCDX _dJTH _dCOO _dOCLCO _dDKC _dNFG
019			_a913337618
020			_a9781476761435 _qhardcover
020			_a1476761434 _qhardcover
020			_a9781476761442
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035			_a(OCoLC)913116994 _z(OCoLC)913337618
042			_apcc
092			_aPerabo, _bSusan
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aPerabo, Susan, _d1969- _eauthor. _9298019
240	1	0	_aShort stories. _kSelections
245	1	0	_aWhy they run the way they do : _bstories / _cSusan Perabo.
250			_aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bSimon & Schuster, _c2016.
300			_avii, 198 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
505	0	0	_tThe payoff -- _tMichael the armadillo -- _tStory goes -- _tShelter -- _tWhy they run the way they do -- _tThis is not that story -- _tSwitzerland -- _tEnd of days -- _tLife off my E -- _tA proper burial -- _tIndulgence -- _tTreasure.
520			_a"A 'darkly beautiful' collection 'suffused with astonishing wit and tenderness' (Jenny Offill, New York Times bestselling author of Dept. of Speculation). From the celebrated author of Who I Was Supposed to Be comes twelve beautiful short stories celebrating the everyday truths of people facing unusual or challenging situations & often of their own making. In Why They Run the Way They Do, critically acclaimed author Susan Perabo illustrates the triumphs and tragedies of daily life. Perfectly distilled into moments of sharp humor and poignancy, her latest collection features ordinary people in sometimes extraordinary circumstances. Two young students try their hand at blackmail upon learning an illicit secret; a woman grapples with feelings of betrayal after discovering her spinster sister's pregnancy test; the ghost of a couple's past comes back to haunt them in the form of their toddlers stuffed toy. Weaving the banal and bizarre together, 'Perabo's clear, wry sentences meld a prose style that's reminiscent of Raymond Carver's with a sensibility that's informed by People' (The New York Times). Here, this 'literary talent' (The Boston Globe) captures the human condition through struggles that are quiet and grand; dark and provocative. Brilliantly crafted, Why They Run the Way They Do is ultimately an homage to the philosophy that life without humor is no life at all."--Amazon.com.
655		0	_aShort stories, American. _924358
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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