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Decoy - A Novella
Allan Gurganus
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Description for Decoy - A Novella
Paperback. If there remains any doubt about Allan Gurganus s literary greatness, Local Souls should put this to rest forever. Jamie Quatro, New York Times Book Review" Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Decoy, the concluding novella of Allan Gurganus’s hugely acclaimed Local Souls, was hailed as the standout of that work. Critics called it “humane, profound, hilarious, nostalgic, the literary equivalent of a bare-knuckled knockout punch” (Miami Herald). Like Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day it is a haunting lyrical portrayal of a life half-led. Set in mythical Falls, North Carolina, this mysterious and compelling tale maps the lifelong eroticized friendship between two married men. When Doc Roper, the town’s beloved physician, announces he is retiring from practice to carve exquisite duck decoys, he triggers an epidemic of catastrophes. His dependent ... Read more
Decoy, the concluding novella of Allan Gurganus’s hugely acclaimed Local Souls, was hailed as the standout of that work. Critics called it “humane, profound, hilarious, nostalgic, the literary equivalent of a bare-knuckled knockout punch” (Miami Herald). Like Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day it is a haunting lyrical portrayal of a life half-led. Set in mythical Falls, North Carolina, this mysterious and compelling tale maps the lifelong eroticized friendship between two married men. When Doc Roper, the town’s beloved physician, announces he is retiring from practice to carve exquisite duck decoys, he triggers an epidemic of catastrophes. His dependent ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781631490255
SKU
V9781631490255
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Ref
99-15
About Allan Gurganus
Allan Gurganus is widely translated, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Adaptations of his fiction have earned four Emmys, and his stories have been appearing in The New Yorker since 1974. He lives in a small town in North Carolina.
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