Ergebnis für "Dirt" in Anthologien & Kurzgeschichten

A standalone edition of Annie Proulx’s beloved story “Brokeback Mountain” (in the collection Close Range)—the basis for the major motion picture directed by Ang Lee, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. Annie Proulx has written some of...

Akiko couldn't abide little girls between three and ten years old - she detested them more than any other kind of human being. 'Fiery, beguiling stories' Paris Review 'The power of the artfully spun words make the reader shudder' Sayaka Murata 'The female writer I most admire among all the...

A dozen stories set from NYC to LA, to Asheville to Varanasi. Voices in the Dirt is a transgressive, darkly comical collection of stories, mostly centered around young men struggling with the specter of an incomprehensible world. A banquet server seeks enlightenment by being buried alive (breathing apparatus included!). Three identical families compete with each other to determine the "true" family. Karmic retribution is served after a tourist on the Ganges steals a human jawbone as a ghastly souvenir. If you like wild rides without safety bars, then have a seat.

Three uncommon tales of the common man. Two technicians of an unutterable trade. A home for the elderly whose secrets must remain underground. And a meat factory where homogeneity hides all evils.