| Authors: |
Watkins, Claire Vaye.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Nevada -- Fiction.
Short stories.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Riverhead Books, 2012. |
| Description: |
288 p. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781594488252 1594488258 |
| Notes: |
"Stories"--Jacket. |
| Contents: |
Ghosts, cowboys -- The last thing we need -- Rondine AL Nido -- The past perfect, the past continuous, the simple past -- Wish you were here -- Man-o-war -- The archivist -- The diggings -- Virginia City -- Graceland. |
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| Summary: |
A debut collection of ten short works reimagines the mythology of the American West and includes stories of a foreigner's arrival at a prostitution ranch, a hermit's attempt to rescue an abused teen, and a woman's role in a friend's degrading Vegas encounter. |