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Like Life

Like Life

by Lorrie Moore (Author)

Synopsis

In this collection of short stories the author addresses herself to a contemporary emotional dilemma - the widening gulf between men and women and the simultaneous yearning for and fear of closeness.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 192
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 06 Aug 2001
ISBN 10: 0571164161
ISBN 13: 9780571164165

Media Reviews
A brilliant collection. . . . The funny and the tragic dovetail with precision and poignancy. - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Hilarious and generous and true. Moore's work continues to astound. - Newsday
Insightful and moving . . . A rewarding, even exhilarating book. - The New York Times Book Review
There's no other writer quite like Lorrie Moore. . . . Startling and wonderful. - The Plain Dealer
Affecting and beautifully written. . . . Her keenly detailed language and unfailing generosity of spirit are irresistible. - San Francisco Chronicle
Lorrie Moore is a dazzler. - Chicago Tribune
Author Bio
Lorrie Moore was born in 1957 in Glens Falls, New York, and attended St Lawrence University and Cornell University. Her work has appeared frequently in the New Yorker and Best American Short Stories. She currently teaches English at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She is the author of three collections of short stories - Self-Help, Like Life and Birds of America - and the novels Anagrams and Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? She is also editor of The Faber Book of Contemporary Stories About Childhood.