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Men in the Making: Stories
by Machart, Bruce
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0156034441
- ISBN 13
- 9780156034449
- Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. Ten short stories. First printing. Gently bumped, pages slightly tanned. Jacket shows a faint crease to the front flap, in Brodart. Signed by Machart on the title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Synopsis
From the critically acclaimed author of The Wake of Forgiveness —“a mesmerizing, mythic saga,” as described by the New York Times —come ten remarkable stories that uncover unexpected beauty in the struggles of the modern American male. Like Richard Russo, Bruce Machart has a profound knowledge of the male psyche and a gift for conveying the absurdity and brutality of daily life with humor and compassion. Whether they find themselves walking the fertile farmland of south Texas, steering trucks through the suffocating sprawl of Houston, or turning logs into paper in the mills just west of the Sabine River, the men of these stories seek to prove themselves in a world that doesn’t always welcome them. Here are men whose furrows are never quite straight and whose hearts are near to bursting with all the desires they have been told they aren’t supposed to heed. “ Bruce Machart is one of our most ambitious and fearless young writers . With Men in the Making , he has composed a remarkable paean to the complex fragility of the American male. I read these stories in a state of tender amazement.”—Steve Almond, author of Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 191083
- Title
- Men in the Making: Stories
- Author
- Machart, Bruce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0156034441
- ISBN 13
- 9780156034449
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories/Essays; Fiction;
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Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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