420 Characters (Kno)
ISBN:
9781299884229 (1299884229)
Publish date: January 1st 2011
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Edition language: English
Rating: 4* of fiveThe Book Description: Within this collection of miniature stories, entire worlds take shape—some like our own, some hallucinatory fairylands--populated by heartsick cowboys, random criminals, lovers and drifters. In a dazzling narrative constellation, Beach’s characters contend wit...
A collection of 169 short stories, none longer than 420 characters. Some seem shorter but I'm not counting anything. I found some stories took my breath away, others left me wanting more. The book also has surreal collages created by the author. Not my thing at all, I always feel like someone's tryi...
There's a professor of creative writing at the school where I got my master's degree who is kind of obsessed with flash fiction. I wasn't a creative writing student, so I never had any classes with him, but I heard tell. His argument was that this sort of quickie writing help get the juices flowing,...
this book was a bit too strange for my tastes but there were some stories that i completely adored. here are two that really stick out to me:"I rise at 3 A.M. to walk my bladder to the bathroom, then return to the bed and wait for my face and pillow to come to an agreement. I lie on my right, my lef...
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