How to breathe underwater : stories
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
ISBN
1400041112, 9781400041114, 1400034361, 9781400034369
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Berwyn Public Library - Stacks | ORRINGER | On Shelf |
Blue Island Public Library - Stacks | FIC ORR | On Shelf |
Oak Lawn Public Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION ORRINGER | On Shelf |
Prairie State College - Fiction | FIC ORR | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
226 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
1400041112, 9781400041114, 1400034361, 9781400034369
Notes
General Note
Published in paperback: Vintage, 2005.
Description
Nine fiercely beautiful, impossible to put down stories from a young writer who has already received immediate worldwide attention. Julie Orringer's characters all of them submerged by loss, whether of parents or lovers or a viable relationship to the world in general struggle mightily against the wildly engulfing forces that threaten to overtake us all. All of them learn, gloriously if at great cost, how to breathe underwater. In "Pilgrims," a band of motherless children torment each other on Thanksgiving day. In "The Isabel Fish," the sole survivor of a drowning accident takes up scuba diving. In "When She Is Old and I Am Famous," a young woman confronts the inscrutable power of her cousin's beauty ("Aida. That is her terrible name. Ai ee duh: two cries of pain and one of stupidity"). In "The Smoothest Way Is Full of Stones," the failure of religious and moral codes to protect, to comfort, to offer solace is seen through the eyes of a group of Orthodox Jewish adolescents discovering the irresistible power of their burgeoning sexuality. In story after story, Orringer captures moments when the dark contours of the adult world come sharply into focus: Here are young people abandoned to their own devices, thrust too soon into predicaments of insoluble difficulty, and left to fend for themselves against the wide variety of human trouble. Buoyed by the exquisite tenderness of remembered love, they learn to take up residence in this strange new territory, if not to transcend it, and to fashion from their grief new selves, new lives. Orringer's debut collection blazes with emotion, with human appetite, with fortitude, with despair; these nine uncommonly wise and assured stories introduce an astonishing new talent.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Orringer, J. (2003). How to breathe underwater: stories (First edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Orringer, Julie. 2003. How to Breathe Underwater: Stories. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Orringer, Julie. How to Breathe Underwater: Stories Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Orringer, Julie. How to Breathe Underwater: Stories First edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
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