Vacation
A man follows his wife. The wife follows a stranger. The stranger leaves town and the man goes after him, determined to settle the score. But the man is not the only one looking for the stranger, and the stranger has troubles of his own. Amid all this, the earth quakes, a boy leaps out a window,...
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A man follows his wife. The wife follows a stranger. The stranger leaves town and the man goes after him, determined to settle the score. But the man is not the only one looking for the stranger, and the stranger has troubles of his own. Amid all this, the earth quakes, a boy leaps out a window, and a dolphin swims free. Of course people have adventures of this kindof course! of course!but we’ve never heard of it before. With deadpan humor and skewed wordplay, Deb Olin Unferth weaves a mystery of hope and heartbreak.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781934781098 (1934781096)
ASIN: 1934781096
Publish date: September 4th 2008
Publisher: McSweeney's
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Unferth is an excellent writer - after only two ventures into her works, I'd rank her among my favorites. Vacation has beautiful sentences, paragraphs, and movement. The mere snippets of characterization and action, touching base before flitting to the next, give the book momentum. She has mastered ...
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