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Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.World of Books (was SecondSale)
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Stephanie Vaughn is a writer's writer, one whose debut collection of stories, Sweet Talk, was published more than two decades ago to critical acclaim. Readers have come to these stories over the years through word of mouth, posting glowing reviews to their Goodreads pages and on their blogs--unanimously agreeing that this collection is a modern classic that deserves to be in print. Crafted in graceful, honest prose, Vaughn's stories go straight to the heart of how people live, grow and survive.
Seller Inventory # 00097491141
- Title
- Sweet Talk: Stories
- Author
- Stephanie Vaughn
- Publisher
- Random House (NY)
- Publication year
- 1990
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0394576055
- ISBN 13
- 9780394576053
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Review
"Wonderful...These stories, bred on familiar minimal ground, expand into a generosity chivied by imagination and a nervy voice." -Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Supple, elegant, adventurous, even funny." -Village Voice Literary Supplement
"Stephanie Vaughn's stories have a lively voice and a lucid style...Vaughn's world is full of imaginative metaphors, including microcosmic worlds, suggesting hidden possibilities and longings." -Washington Post Book World "Stephanie Vaughn is a natural writer, and her quirky vision makes the stories in Sweet Talk a collection of cool beauty." -Boston Globe
"Beautifully written and insightful...Sweet Talk ignites a quiet series of explosions that will echo in a reader's memory long after the book is closed." -Philadelphia Inquirer "Stephanie Vaughn [has an] astonishing, Grace Paley-like facility with the technical construction of the short story, and with the artistic achievement possible when a novel's worth of emotions and relationships are compressed into brilliant, diamond-like stories." -West 10th
"Originally released two decades ago, when they were so widely acclaimed, these stories are now considered a 'modern classic'...Vaughn's language is smart, the metaphors are illustrative, and the characters are relatable...These ten stories take us through relationships, conflicts, imagination and death, in order to bring attention to the absurdity of ourselves, the people around us, and the connections that form between the two." -The Coffin Factory "[Vaughn's characters] seem so real, despite how little you know about them. You want to hug some and shake others. [Her] stories will make you laugh out loud, cry, and wonder how you would handle certain situations yourself." -The Examiner "At their best, which is nearly all the time, the stories in Stephanie Vaughn's collection Sweet Talk, follow their own internal rhythms with an innate emotional insight that feels both familiar and refreshingly unique." -Critical Mob
"Vaughn's writing is filled with dazzling sentences and emotional twists. No character fails to make a joke when a hug might be more appropriate, and none can quite communicate the depths of their feeling to any of the others...Sweet Talk takes beautiful sentences and shapes them into explorations of lives in which laughter is everywhere, but always comes with a cost." -Rain Taxi "Readers will see connections to Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried and Siobhan Fallon's You Know When the Men Are Gone. -Cleveland.com
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World of Books (was SecondSale)
Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since December 20, 2007
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Founded in 2002, World of Books is a leading online destination for buying and selling both preloved and new books, committed to making sustainable reading accessible to all. With a mission to help people read more and waste less, World of Books offers a huge range of affordable, high-quality books — giving both new and preloved titles a second life. The company also operates World of Books – Sell Your Books, an easy-to-use platform that allows customers to trade in unwanted books for cash, helping to keep books in circulation while promoting sustainability. As a Certified B Corp, World of Books is driven by a vision to become the world’s largest and most sustainable dedicated online bookstore. The company measures its success through the positive environmental impact it creates, the value it provides to customers, and its ability to operate profitably while supporting its sustainable mission …
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