We Loved the World But Could Not Stay: A Collection of One-Sentence Stories - Softcover

Lippman, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1644282518 ISBN 13: 9781644282519

Publisher: Rare Bird Books, 2022

Synopsis

“I write stories that are only one sentence long,” I explain to you as I plant this book like a time-bomb in your public library, “because imperfection is easier to tolerate in small doses.”

With unparalleled wit and wisdom, Gary Lippman’s We Loved the World But Could Not Stay is a collection of intricately constructed single-sentence stories that chronicles the outrageous and the everyday with insight and empathy, all while reimagining and reorganizing the very concept of the story and the basic building blocks of our language.

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About the Author

Born and raised in New Jersey, Gary Lippman received a law degree from Northwestern University and has worked with New York's Innocence Project. Lippman's play Paradox Lost ran off Broadway for a month in 2001 and his writing has been published in The New York Times, The Paris Review, VICE, Fodors, and more. Having lived in Illinois, Florida, California, and France, Lippman can now be found in what used to be called "Fun City" with his imaginary French bulldog, his very real Hungarian wife, and a whenever-he's-inclined-to-visit adult son.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rare Bird Books
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1644282518
• ISBN 13: 9781644282519
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208