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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

Sedaris, David
Sedaris, David

Paperback

Series: A Meditation on Short Fiction

HumorFiction AnthologiesClassic Fiction

Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN10: 074327394X
ISBN13: 9780743273947
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: Apr 4 2005
Pages: 344
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.86 Width: 5.54 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
From the internationally bestselling author of Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris, comes a collection of his favorite short stories from acclaimed authors such as Flannery O'Connor, Jhumpa Lahiri, Tobias Wolff, and more.

David Sedaris is an exceptional reader. Alone in his apartment, he reads stories aloud to the point he has them memorized. Sometimes he fantasizes that he wrote them. Sometimes, when they're his very favorite stories, he'll fantasize about reading them in front of an audience and taking credit for them. The audience in these fantasies always loves him and gives him the respect he deserves.

David Sedaris didn't write the stories in Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules. But he did read them. And he liked them enough to hand pick them for this collection of short fiction. Featuring such notable writers as Lorrie Moore, Alice Munro, Joyce Carol Oates, Jean Thompson, and Tobias Wolff, Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules includes some of the most influential and talented short story writers, contemporary and classic.

Perfect for fans of literary fiction and Sedaris's wry sense of humor, Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules offers a curated glimpse into the stories that have inspired him and many others.

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