From the rear cover
A Boston Globe and San Francisco Chronicle "Best Book of the Year"
Told with perfect rhythm and unyielding brutality, these stories expose unsuspecting men and women to the realities of nature, the primal instincts of man, and the dark humor and heartbreak of our struggle to not only thrive but also survive. In "Girl on Girl," a high school freshman goes to disturbing lengths to help an old friend. An insatiable temptress pursues the one man she can't have in "Meteorologist Dave Santana." And in the title story, a long-fraught friendship comes undone when three buddies get impossibly lost on a lake it is impossible to get lost on. Other stories explore situations pulled directly from the wild, imposing on human lives the danger, tension, and precariousness of the natural world.
As entertaining as it is dangerous, this accomplished collection explores the boundary between the wild and the civilized, where nature acts as a catalyst for human drama and lays bare our vulnerabilities, fears, and desires.
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- Title Man V. Nature: Stories
- Author Diane Cook
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Date 2015-10-06
- ISBN 9780062333117 / 0062333119
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.7 in (20.07 x 13.46 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014012877
- Dewey Decimal Code 813.6
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- New York Times Book Review, 12/20/2015, Page 24
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