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0-679-44597-8. OCLC. 41565236. Birds of America (1998) is a collection of short stories by American writer Lorrie Moore. The stories in this collection originally appeared in The New Yorker, Elle, The New York Times, and The Paris Review.
- Lorrie Moore
- 1998
Jan 1, 2001 · Birds of America is a story collection by one of the most talented (but minimal) writers around, Lorrie Moore. The stories here are not big or grand or epic, but work simply as little one-act plays, exposing the inherent complexities and dramas in the everyday lives we all lead.
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Jan 12, 2010 · Lorrie Moore is the author of the story collections Like Life, Self-Help, and Birds of America, and the novels Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? and Anagrams. She is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Birds of America: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) [Moore, Lorrie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.
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“Moore peers into America’s loneliest perches, but her delicate touch turns absurdity into a warming vitality.” —The New Yorker “I’ve long been an admirer of Lorrie Moore; her Birds of America is an exquisite collection of stories by a writer at the peak of her form.” —Geoff Dyer, The Independent
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Sep 23, 1999 · Birds of America is a stunning collection of twelve stories by Lorrie Moore, one of our finest authors at work today. With her characteristic wit and piercing intelligence she unfolds a series of portraits of the lost and unsettled of America, and with a trademark humor that fuels each story with pathos and understanding. Print length. 304 pages.
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Birds of America: Stories. Lorrie Moore. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Mar 7, 2012 - Fiction - 291 pages. NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the bestselling author of A Gate at the Stairs: A collection of twelve stories that’s “one of our funniest, most telling anatomies of human love and vulnerability ...
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Sep 23, 1999 · Books. Birds of America: Stories. Lorrie Moore. Macmillan, Sep 23, 1999 - Fiction - 291 pages. A National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistA New York TimesEditors' ChoiceA Pulishers Weekly Best Book of the YearBirds of America is a stunning collection of twelve stories by Lorrie Moore, one of our finest authors at work today.
