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008			120403s2009 nyu 000 1 eng
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020			_a9780307275875
050	0	0	_aPS3557.A36 _bD66 2009
082	0	0	_aFIC GAI
100	1		_aGaitskill, Mary _d, 1954-
245	1	0	_aDon't cry _b: stories _c/ by Mary Gaitskill
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Pantheon Books _c, c2009.
300			_a226 p. _c; 21 cm.
505	0		_aCollege town, 1980 -- Folk song -- A dream of men -- The agonized face -- Mirror ball -- Today I'm yours -- The little boy -- The arms and legs of the lake -- Description -- Don't cry.
520			_aReaders may find it difficult to adhere to the title's admonition as they navigate the devastating territory covered in Gaitskill's latest collection after PEN/Faulkner nominee Because They Wanted to. With "College Town, 1980," "Folk Song," and "A Dream of Men," the author revisits themes of sexual abuse and its resulting trauma. In "Mirror Ball," readers are treated to a hauntingly magical depiction of a one-night stand where, as the young couple climax, the girl offers her soul to the unwitting boy, with lonely repercussions.
650		4	_aSexual abuse _v--Fiction
650			_aIraq War, 2003 _v--Fiction
655		7	_aShort stories
942			_cMO
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