false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188706123m/380214.jpg 380214 1 In the grand tradition of Neapolitan ice cream, ZZ Top, and Cerberus, the tri-headed guardian of Hades, this set combines individual, short fiction collections by three talented practitioners of the short-short form. Manguso&#8217;s <i>Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape</i> is a series of crystalline recollections of her childhood misadventures; Eggers&#8217; <i>How the Water Feels to the Fishes</i> brings a deadpan absurd feel to the intimacy and vision of his earlier work; and Unferth&#8217;s rollicking <i>Minor Robberies</i> unleashes a horde of off-kilter characters and their indelible misadventures. Each author&#8217;s work comes in its own hardcover, foil-stamped volume, and the three volumes are housed in an elegant slipcase. 370018 20 9 2007 One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box: Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape, How the Water Feels to the Fishes, and Minor Robberies total:273|5:103|4:110|3:53|2:7|1:0| 273 1128 512 68 5 5 false false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 21 11:12:42 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 18 17:15:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 17:07:54 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 16 14:57:18 -0800 2007 Minor Robberies:

It is twisted and incompetently brilliant. She is the literary equivalent of a cheeky post punk band--elliptical, experimental, disturbing, anxious, manic, snottily and sincerely casual, falling apart--she whips off tiny snippets. Part...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Nov 19 18:16:49 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 18:39:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon Sep 08 14:35:11 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 14:35:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 11:09:13 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 16 14:07:55 -0800 2009
"Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape" by Sarah Manguso is a stellar collection of short short fiction. This is my first experience with this type of ficti...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 09:42:47 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 08:56:03 -0700 2009
Sarah Manguso FIVE STARS astonishing OMG I love her.
Dave Eggers THREE STARS for his acknowledgedly tepid homage to Lydia Davis.
Deb Olin Unfirth NO STARS because it was so bad I couldn't even finish it.]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 07:31:14 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 07:44:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 21:33:12 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 13:23:08 -0700 2009
deb olin unferth is really good. these short-short stories are really good, thoughtful, beautiful, spare. i learned that i am perhaps not...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 09 06:02:13 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 23:10:06 -0700 2009
Manguso's 'Hard To Admit and Harder To Escape' is a much...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 17 05:49:35 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 05:53:46 -0700 2009
And well, I needn't have worried. The Eggers' stories aren't great, but well, no one buys the book for the Eggers' sto...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 11:20:29 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 11:25:40 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Mon Feb 02 11:28:21 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 12 08:46:25 -0700 2009
The first book I've read is Deb Olin Unferth's Mino...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 20 02:13:58 -0800 2009 Tue Jun 23 18:53:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 19 11:51:42 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 12:58:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 20:29:47 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 15:37:00 -0800 2008
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I'm worried I read through her stories too...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 21:08:46 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 10:36:09 -0700 2008
As I noted the first time I p...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 25 11:31:50 -0700 2007 Tue May 20 11:27:16 -0700 2008
Overall presentation: Five stars, absolutely. This boxed set of three small hardcover story collections is a pleasure to hold, to touch, to admire. Soft earth tones with a muted pinstripe pattern, gold stamped title, well designed...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 05 17:04:48 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 13:01:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jan 20 17:48:27 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 20:05:41 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 08:25:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 true false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 07 09:10:07 -0700 2007 Thu May 01 18:14:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=380214