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Format:
Book
Title:
Birds of America : stories
ISBN:
9780679445975

9780965078313

9780312241223

9780307474964
Edition:
First edition.
Distribution:
New York : Random House
Publication:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 1998.
Physical Description:
291 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Willing -- Which is more than I can say about some people -- Dance in America -- Community life -- Agnes of Iowa -- Charades -- Four calling birds, three French hens -- Beautiful grade -- What you want to do fine -- Real estate -- People like that are the only people here: canonical babbling in peed onk -- Terrific mother.
Summary:
Twelve stories on human relations. In Charades, a traditional family game on Christmas turns sour when the charades hit too close to home, while in Agnes of Iowa, a woman's ambition to be worldly remains unfulfilled by an encounter with a poet from Africa.
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