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Gathers twenty-two new stories by Paul Auster, Cynthia Baughman, Amy Bloom, A.M. Homes, Barbara Kingsolver, Margot Livesey, Reynolds Price, and Tobias Wolff
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William H. Shore is a contributor for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt titles including: Writers Harvest.
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Writer's Harvest is a compilation of 22 short stories donated to support Share Our Strength [SOS], a nationwide relief effort to end hunger; proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit this nonprofit organization. Noted authors have contributed previously unpublished stories for inclusion in this anthology. Barbara Kingsolver's "Fault Lines" is about a widow in California who realizes she has no control over either her life or the universe. Amy Bloom's "Hold Tight" is a poignant tale of a teenager whose mother is dying of cancer. Lee Smith describes the mother of a murderer in "Fried Chicken." Reynolds Price depicts his first Christmas away from home during "A Christmas in Rome." And Molly Giles describes the experience of a young couple visiting Mexico in "Beginning Lessons." All of the stories are creative and interesting, and buying the book will support a good cause. Recommended.-Stephanie Furtsch, Purchase Free Lib., N.Y. In order for mystery and suspense writers to attract and hold reader attention, they traditionally use techniques that create and sustain tension. Charles Dickens popularized one of these in his serialized Pickwick Papers, where the unresolved end of each segment left his audience anxiously awaiting the next. Presumably, any mystery becomes a cliff-hanger once police, amateur sleuths, or private investigators set off in pursuit of a murderer. Writers suspend the resolution of each murder case as long as possible, teasing readers not only with additional cliff-hanging elements but also with narrative interruptions, digressionary explanations, and other diversionary tricks. Thus prompted and prodded, readers succumb to a mystery writer's lure.
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- PublisherMariner Books
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0156001179
- ISBN 13 9780156001175
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages336
- EditorShore William H.
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