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A wholly original writer breathes new life into a literary tradition in this fearless, masterfully inventive collection of thirteen stories. Stick your finger in Shorty's rice pudding -- still warm from the pot -- at Mom's Diner. (Shorty's the cook.) There's always a word of friendly advice and a positive outlook here, and even the criminals appreciate the good service. If you fall in love when you're traveling, pay attention to whom you trust -- and where you go. You have to be careful of Death in Belize, but the beaches there are very, very pretty, and the people, good-looking and kind. Workers, unite! See the beauty of utopia in The Triumph of the Prague Workers' Councils -- Tatiana Malevich's masterwork in collage. The artwork's whereabouts remain shrouded in mystery, but Elaine and Jessica, revolutionaries and amateur detectives, are sure to uncover it if they don't kill each other first. A Darvon, two Xanax, two Valiums, and some Chardonnay. Shula's got to look up that combo in the drug hotline handbook to know how it'll mess you up. Speaking of which, after all those Close Calls, why aren't you dead yet? In Touch and Go, Eugene Stein evokes strange -- yet strangely familiar -- worlds, feelings you didn't know were there, flavors aplenty. Into the dark corners of your heart and mind he shines a unique light on love, life, and desire -- illuminating and brilliant.… (mais)
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You'll probably scratch your heads when I tell you how I chose this book. I liked the cover, I've always liked short stories, and I liked that Stein is a family name for me! I'm pretty sure only a few people have ever heard of this author. Okay. So I found the book at my used book store over a year ago, and it's been sitting on my shelf. I took it to work just in case I forgot to bring my current read with me - which I did, in fact, forget. So, by default, I started this book at lunch two days ago and finished it before I got home from work tonight. It was a quick and engaging read.
I ended up really liking most of the stories. There were only two that did not appeal to me, but, oddly enough, one of those was a story ("The Triumph of the Prague Workers' Council") especially enjoyed by others (per Amazon's reviews). My favorite story was one called "The Grandma Golem" which was like a cross between the writing of Sholom Aleichem and Stephen King. No kidding! This was one I'd rather not explain but have you read directly. My second favorite story was called "Hard Bargains" about a young white female Jewish reporter who ended up in a black ghetto while trying to fight off racial stereotyping. I found this story really believable and somewhat sad. I thought all of the stories were well written and different enough to keep me interested. They were kind of funny, a little pathetic, and most had an interesting twist. ( )
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"What is love?" I asked. She drew me closer to her and said, "It is here," pointing to my heart, whose beats I was conscious of for the first time. Her words puzzled me very much because I did not then understand anything unless I touched it. --Helen Keller
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For my parents
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
At Mom's Diner, you tip because you want to, not because you have to.
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Through successive treatments of a variety of new toxins, my mother had unintentionally created a new species of insecticide-resistant roach. ("Mixed Signals")
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
A wholly original writer breathes new life into a literary tradition in this fearless, masterfully inventive collection of thirteen stories. Stick your finger in Shorty's rice pudding -- still warm from the pot -- at Mom's Diner. (Shorty's the cook.) There's always a word of friendly advice and a positive outlook here, and even the criminals appreciate the good service. If you fall in love when you're traveling, pay attention to whom you trust -- and where you go. You have to be careful of Death in Belize, but the beaches there are very, very pretty, and the people, good-looking and kind. Workers, unite! See the beauty of utopia in The Triumph of the Prague Workers' Councils -- Tatiana Malevich's masterwork in collage. The artwork's whereabouts remain shrouded in mystery, but Elaine and Jessica, revolutionaries and amateur detectives, are sure to uncover it if they don't kill each other first. A Darvon, two Xanax, two Valiums, and some Chardonnay. Shula's got to look up that combo in the drug hotline handbook to know how it'll mess you up. Speaking of which, after all those Close Calls, why aren't you dead yet? In Touch and Go, Eugene Stein evokes strange -- yet strangely familiar -- worlds, feelings you didn't know were there, flavors aplenty. Into the dark corners of your heart and mind he shines a unique light on love, life, and desire -- illuminating and brilliant.
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I ended up really liking most of the stories. There were only two that did not appeal to me, but, oddly enough, one of those was a story ("The Triumph of the Prague Workers' Council") especially enjoyed by others (per Amazon's reviews). My favorite story was one called "The Grandma Golem" which was like a cross between the writing of Sholom Aleichem and Stephen King. No kidding! This was one I'd rather not explain but have you read directly. My second favorite story was called "Hard Bargains" about a young white female Jewish reporter who ended up in a black ghetto while trying to fight off racial stereotyping. I found this story really believable and somewhat sad. I thought all of the stories were well written and different enough to keep me interested. They were kind of funny, a little pathetic, and most had an interesting twist. (