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In a striking first collection of stories, Cris Mazza brings a startling vision to the familiar terrain of intimate relationships. The eleven stories in Animal Acts describe characters navigating an unsteady course through the turbulence of sexial desire. Set in unmistakably American landscapes--from sprawling West Coast cities to the dry, dusty scrub of rural Southern California--the work is populated by gym teachers, aging flower children, secretaries and artists--most of them strong, willful women. The narrator of the title story holds the guests at a party spellbound with her fantastic retelling of another woman's perverse life--which may, in fact, be her own--thereby seducing a man who has previousley eluded her. Mazza's arresting narrative structures and sharp sense of the absurd make for a dazzling debut collection.
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Cris Mazza (born 1956) is an American novelist, short story and non-fiction writer. She directs the Program for Writers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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- PublisherFiction Collective 2
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0932511163
- ISBN 13 9780932511164
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages163
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Animal Acts
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. SIGNED by author on full title page. Stated First Edition. "In a striking first collection of stories, Cris Mazza brings a startling vision to the familiar terrain of intimate relationships." Ships same or next business day. Slight slant and fading to spine. Minor edge wear. Tiny creases on corners. Light soiling on tail edge. Overall, pages are tight, bright, and clean. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 163 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 74064
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Inscribed and signed on full title page in blue ink by author. Inscription reads: "To Rolland, Thanks for coming 2000 miles to get this . Cris Mzza, May 1992" "In a striking first collection of stories, Cris Mazza brings a startling vision to the familiar terrain of intimate relationships." Book and pages are tight, bright, and clean. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 163 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 75283
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