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Pieces of Soap: Essays
Contributor(s): Elkin, Stanley (Author), Lipsyte, Sam (Introduction by)

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ISBN: 1941040373     ISBN-13: 9781941040379
Publisher: Tin House Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2016
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- Literary Collections | Essays
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- Literary Collections | American - General
Dewey: 814.54
LCCN: 2016020365
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" L (1.10 lbs) 416 pages
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Stanley Elkin was one of our great American writers. "A divine exploiter of the idiocies and intricacies of our language," as John Irving put it, and nowhere is that more clear than this collection of essays, which find Elkin wresting hilarity and heartbreak from the most unlikely of sources.

Contributor Bio(s): Elkin, Stanley: - Stanley Elkin (1930-1995) was an award-winning novelist, storywriter, and essayist. He lived in St. Louis, MO.Lipsyte, Sam: - Sam Lipsyte is the author of the story collections Venus Drive (named one of the top twenty-five books of its year by the Voice Literary Supplement) and The Fun Parts and three novels: The Ask, The Subject Steve, and Home Land, which was a New York Times Notable Book and received the first annual Believer Book Award. He is also the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship. He lives in New York City and teaches at Columbia University.
 
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