A lovely copy of the scarce First Edition! Fine in trade paperback -- clean, bright, tight -- with no marks of any kind. First edition; first printing (full number line present). 234 pp. ("Vintage Contemporary Series.") Ships from NC. All paper bound books are sealed in recycled plastic, packed securely with recycled cardboard backing, and shipped promptly with tracking. (B-5.).

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Title

Dancing After Hours: Stories (First Edition)

Publisher

Random House

Publication Date

1997

Language

English

ISBN 10

0679751149

ISBN 13

9780679751144

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Fine

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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

From a genuine hero of the American short story comes a luminous collection that reveals the seams of hurt, courage, and tenderness that run through the bedrock of contemporary American life. In these fourteen stories, Dubus depicts ordinary men and women confronting injury and loneliness, the lack of love and the terror of actually having it. Out of his characters' struggles and small failures--and their unexpected moments of redemption--Dubus creates fiction that bears comparison to the short story's greatest creators--Chekhov, Raymond Carver, Flannery O'Connor.

"A master of the short story...It's good to have Andre Dubus back. More than ever, he is an object of hope."--Philadelphia Inquirer

"Dubus's detailed creation of three-dimensional characters is propelled by his ability to turn a quiet but perfect phrase...[This] kind of writing raises gooseflesh of admiration."--San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author

Andre Dubus (1936–1999) is considered one of the greatest American short story writers of the twentieth century. His collections of short fiction, which include Adultery & Other Choices (1977), The Times Are Never So Bad (1983), and The Last Worthless Evening (1986), are notable for their spare prose and illuminative, albeit subtle, insights into the human heart. He is often compared with Anton Chekhov and revered as a “writer’s writer.”

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