false <![CDATA[McSweeney's Issue 28]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg 3039502 2 <div>McSweeney's has grown to be one of the country's best and largest-circulation literary journals. It's committed to finding new voices, publishing work of gifted but underappreciated writers, and pushing the literary form forward at all times. <i>McSweeney&#8217;s Issue 28</i> explores the state of the fable in eight illustrated books, which &#8212; in the hands of authors including Daniel Alarcón, Sheila Heti, and Nathan Englander &#8212; contains egg boys, irresistible boxes, and a man who keeps meeting himself.</div> 3070126 1 8 2008 McSweeney's Issue 28 total:122|5:33|4:38|3:37|2:12|1:2| 122 454 182 30 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 2 2 false Fri Aug 29 18:24:29 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 18:32:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 3 0 false Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 11:43:35 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 11:49:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 4 0 false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 09:09:54 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 08:56:23 -0800 2009 1
It was a quick read, due to each book's short fable...more...]]> 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 3 0 false Thu Dec 25 09:53:44 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 15:06:29 -0800 2009
I think the reality is that the eight stories are moderately entertaining, but I feel slightly unsatisfied. As if I we...more...]]> 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 4 0 false Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 00:53:08 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 01:01:45 -0700 2008
But it's a book of fables, and the power of a fable isn't in ...more...]]> 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 3 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 21:09:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 21:12:54 -0800 2009 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 4 0 false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 19:17:11 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 11:57:39 -0700 2009 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 3 0 false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 03 16:59:47 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 17:01:24 -0700 2009 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 4 0 false Wed Feb 11 13:50:37 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 10:26:24 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 13:50:37 -0800 2009 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 0 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 13:53:21 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 13:56:31 -0800 2009 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 3 0 false Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 12:30:56 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 12:38:17 -0700 2008 Brian Evenson, Ryan Boudinot, who wrote the excellent collection The Littlest Hitler and Sarah Manguso who wrote one part of the 145 Stories in a Small Box set. And of course Daniel Alarcon. Still, it's pretty slight. But it is the first volume of McSwy's I've read ent...more...]]> 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 5 0 false Mon Jan 26 11:51:24 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 11:51:24 -0800 2009 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 2 0 false Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 15:17:34 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 17:30:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 2 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 05:59:49 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 04:02:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 5 0 false Tue Sep 02 15:51:17 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 15:54:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 2 0 false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 13:06:02 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 13:06:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 2 0 false Wed Aug 20 15:20:05 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 15:22:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 2 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Sep 02 20:11:13 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 23 09:51:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 3 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jan 24 15:16:30 -0800 2009 Tue Sep 15 01:00:36 -0700 2009 3039502 193478107X 9781934781074 122 30 McSweeney's Issue 28 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255740099m/3039502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3039502.McSweeney_s_Issue_28 4 0 false Fri Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 09:52:37 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 09:55:09 -0700 2008 packaging is perfect.
this one is definitely for summer to read. bringing back the fable (I'm putting it in my car for the next time i see you). enjoy. the moment you put on booklet down, you pick the next up and you're through eight stories in no time. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3039502