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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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Out of the Alley and Other Stories [B&W illus.]

Out of the Alley and Other Stories [B&W illus.]

Koltko-Rivera, Mark E.

Paperback

Literary Fiction

ISBN10: 0615619061
ISBN13: 9780615619064
Publisher: Createspace
Published: May 10 2014
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
There is, beneath the surface of our lives, a greater significance, even hints of a greater reality. Some call this idea illumination; others, illusion. This is the world in which the stories of Out of the Alley and Other Stories are placed. Here the reader will find tales of deep despair and brilliant hope--but not always in the same story. Most of these stories take place in Manhattan, a place of chaotic energy, both creative and destructive. One character explores grimy alleys full of the discarded pieces of two lives. Elsewhere, a tortured man in crisis recreates the Tabernacle built by Moses out of abandoned furniture and bed sheets. A penny-ante cryptographer despairs of losing his sight in Bellevue Hospital, while an advertising executive receives advice in Central Park from a gondolier who may not be entirely real. Delinquent fathers, performance artists, punk rockers, ritual magicians, and living gods: these are some of the characters in this debut collection of nine short stories by Mark Koltko-Rivera. Each story is illustrated in black and white, * and the collection begins with maps showing locations mentioned in the stories. Several of these stories have appeared in online literary magazines. The stories include: . Spiritual Practice . The Cryptographer . Out of the Alley . Art Form . The Gondolier of Bethesda Landing . The Death of Mozart . The Blueprints . The Lines . The Most Holy Place *An edition of this book with full-color illustrations is also available.

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