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The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel

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Scribner, Sep 18, 2007 - Fiction - 407 pages
Amy Hempel is a master of the short story. This celebrated volume gathers together her complete work -- four short collections of stunning stories about marriages, minor disasters, and moments of revelation.

With her inimitable compassion and wit, Hempel introduces characters who make choices that seem inevitable, and whose longings and misgivings evoke eternal human experience.

For readers who have known Hempel's work for decades and for those who are just discovering her, this indispensable volume contains all the stories in Reasons to Live, At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom, Tumble Home, and The Dog of the Marriage. No reader of great writing should be without it.

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Breathtaking writing. - Goodreads
There is not a more perfect writer. - Goodreads
Crystalline prose, a master of the short story form. - Goodreads
Absolutely excellent writing and wonderful stories. - Goodreads
An alarmingly skilled writer. - Goodreads
Amy Hempel is a beautifully spare writer. - Goodreads

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User Review  - Cecilia - Goodreads

This is absolutely stunning.. Definitely not something you can finish (properly) quickly. As I muse over this collection, I have to say that, first of all, this book is not about characters or plots ... Read full review

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User Review  - Mara Sonnenschein - Goodreads

Every line this woman writes furthers her story while seeming effortless. And if you ever need your heart broken, read 'In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried.' Easily the most honest story about friendship I've ever read. Read full review

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About the author (2007)

Amy Hempel is the author of Tumble Home, Reasons to Live, and At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom, and the coeditor of Unleashed. Her stories have appeared in Elle, GQ, Harper's, Playboy, The Quarterly, and Vanity Fair. She teaches in the Graduate Writing Program at Bennington College and lives in New York City.

Novelist Rick Moody was born in Fairfield, Connecticut in 1962. His works often demonstrate the concept that money makes no difference in the problems people face. His first novel, Garden State, won Pushcart's Tenth Annual Editor's Book Award. The Ice Storm (1994) was adapted into the 1997 film starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver. He was named one of Entertainment Weekly's top 100 creative people the same year. He has also won the Addison Metcalf Award and has received a Guggenheim Fellowship. He currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.

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