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Why I Lie: Stories (Western Literature Series)
Michael Gills
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Description for Why I Lie: Stories (Western Literature Series)
Paperback. The painful stories of a down-home Arkansas boy's efforts to make good. Jack Smith is an unwilling ne'er do well, and the ten stories in this volume trace his attempts to outrun the violence and tragedy of his past and create a viable life - despite a native state that often traps its rural poor. Series: Western Literature Series. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 195.
Why I Lie tells the painful and hilarious story of a down-home Arkansas boy's efforts to make good. Jack Smith, the protagonist of this story cycle, is an unwilling ne'er-do-well, from ""people who ate roadkill, whose hearts got broken early on and stayed that way,"" for whom ""being poor was a way of thinking, a mindset you couldn't outrun with a suitcase full of money."" The ten stories in this powerful collection trace Jack's ongoing attempts to outrun the violence and tragedy of his past and create a viable life - despite a native state that often traps its rural ... Read more
Why I Lie tells the painful and hilarious story of a down-home Arkansas boy's efforts to make good. Jack Smith, the protagonist of this story cycle, is an unwilling ne'er-do-well, from ""people who ate roadkill, whose hearts got broken early on and stayed that way,"" for whom ""being poor was a way of thinking, a mindset you couldn't outrun with a suitcase full of money."" The ten stories in this powerful collection trace Jack's ongoing attempts to outrun the violence and tragedy of his past and create a viable life - despite a native state that often traps its rural ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874175141
SKU
V9780874175141
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Ref
99-15
About Michael Gills
Michael Gills was born in Arizona and grew up in and around Lonoke County, Arkansas. At age 33, he returned to the West and explored a radically new landscape seen through the lens of a lifetime spent in the American South. His stories have been widely published, and several in this collection have received critical recognition and selection for New ... Read more
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