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008			080213s2007 nyu 001 0 eng
010			_a2006030107
020			_a9781595581518
082	0	0	_aFIC SEG
100	1		_aSegal, Lore Groszman
245	1	0	_aShakespeare's kitchen _b: stories _c/ Lore Segal
260			_aNew York _b: New Press _b: Distributed by W. W. Norton & Co. _c, 2007.
300			_axi, 225 p. _c; 22 cm.
505	0		_aAn introduction: Money, fame, and beautiful women / Cousins: An absence of cousins -- The talk in Eliza's kitchen / Crime: Garbage thief -- At whom the dog barks -- A gated community / Deaths: Fatal wish -- Other people's deaths / The howling: Reverse bug / By joy surprised: Picnic -- Mistral -- Leslie's shoes
520			_aA surprising and gratifying treat for literary fiction readers, Segal's collection of 13 stories includes the O. Henry Prize-winning "The Reverse Bug," as well as several never-before-published pieces. All are vignettes from the life of Ilka Weisz, a teacher of college-level ESL. The first story sets the scene: Ilka is a newcomer to the Concordance Institute, a Connecticut think tank made up of a tight-knit group of academics. While she struggles to be accepted into the exclusive staff clique, she manages to charm institute director Leslie Shakespeare and his wife, Eliza, beginning a lifelong friendship as well as an affair. As Ilka is welcomed into the institute's fold, she becomes privy to her colleagues' little secrets and struggles and they to hers. The writing style is spare, leaving out exposition during conversations so that the characters' spoken words regulate the story's ever-changing tone. Fans of modernist works will enjoy the free-flowing stream of conversation; postmodern devotees will appreciate being able to fill in the lacunae between stories.
650		4	_aGerman Americans _v--Fiction
650			_aImmigrants _z-New York (State) _z-New York _v--Fiction
655		4	_aShort stories
942			_cMO
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