This wicked tongue : stories / Elise Levine.
"In the dark and eerie style of Joy Williams and Karen Russell, this character-driven collection from Elise Levine is tough and tender, filled with complicated people longing for independence from the scripts of the past. From a sniping road-tripping couple in the desert to a cantankerous divinity-school candidate on the prairies to a frustrated cop in a cave in the south of France, This Wicked Tongue showcases the gritty and the sublime."-- Publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781771962797 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 173 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A John Metcalf book." |
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Subject: | Interpersonal relations > Fiction |
Genre: | Short stories. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Terrace Public Library | LEV (Text) | 35151001088780 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Filled with complicated people longing for independence from the scripts of the past, this showcase of the gritty and the sublime mine our shifting allegiances to identities shaped by belief, geography and love. Original. - Perseus Publishing
<p><strong>An A.V. Club Book to Read for June 2019</strong></p><p>In moments of exile and self-exile, exodus and return, Elise Levineâs uncanny narratives lay bare the secret grammar of their charactersâ psyches. An ill-tempered divinity-school candidate refuses to minister to a dying manâs wife; a couple fails to connect as they tour an ersatz cave in the south of France; holy women grieve in medieval England, and a pregnant runaway hitches a ride with a Church leader of dubious intentions. Propelled by their longing for pasts that no longer exist, these reluctant Adams and contemporary Eves confront the unspoken, the maligned, the abject aspects of their inner geographies, mining them for gems that glint and scatter in the light. Uncompromising and honest, lyrical and wry, <em>This Wicked Tongue</em> dares to tell the truth about the places we have come from and the new ones we might find.</p><div> </div> - Perseus Publishing
<p>Fast-paced, character-driven, fabulist narratives mine our shifting allegiances to identities shaped by belief, geography, and love. </p>