false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170392299m/52762.jpg 52762 5 Breece DJ Pancake cut short a remarkably promising career when he took his own life in 1979 at the age of 26. In 1983 Little, Brown and Companys posthumous publication of this booka collection of stories that depict, with astonishing power and grace, the world of Pancakes native rural West Virginiaelectrified the literary world with a force that still resounds across two decades. The Stories of Breece DJ Pancake has remained continuously in print, and Back Bay Books takes pride in now making the collection available in this new trade paperback edition. Andre Dubus III, who contributes a new introduction to this edition, is the author of the #1 bestseller House of Sand and Fog. A perennial favorite among aspiring writers, participants in creative writing programs, and students of contemporary American fiction. Trilobites, the first of Pancakes stories to be published in The Atlantic, elicited an extraordinary response from readers in 1977 and continues to be widely anthologized. Upon its initial publication, The Stories of Breece DJ Pancake received front-page reviews in newspapers and literary periodicals throughout the country. 1753504 1983 The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake total:539|5:253|4:197|3:70|2:13|1:6| 539 2295 747 121 5 4 true false Sun Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 26 07:31:15 -0800 2007 Sun Feb 03 10:04:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 23 08:23:44 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 19:37:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 4 false false Mon Jul 21 08:43:30 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 08:53:39 -0700 2008 causa sui, not a product so much as an expression of circumstance. Breece Pancake is of this rare strain. His stories are gems without fissure, staggering glimpses of lives worn down by time and experience. This collection is absolutely ex...more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 12:50:07 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 10:31:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 18:55:56 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 21:03:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1985 Wed Feb 11 13:13:53 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 13:25:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 08 14:50:15 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 15:37:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 09:03:24 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 03:20:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 11:01:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 11:26:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 29 15:14:16 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 15 18:28:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 08:11:42 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 08:34:06 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 24 16:09:57 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 16:10:07 -0800 2008
At the age of 26, Breece D'J Pancake took his own life and left the world to won...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 28 04:53:21 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 04:58:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 27 14:55:38 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 14:58:17 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 29 11:31:34 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 07 08:05:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Aug 18 20:46:41 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 19 19:46:40 -0800 2009 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 16:09:33 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 10:41:37 -0700 2008
I think of Pancake in the category of Flannery O'Connor and John Berryman . . . writing that's so bright I can hardly look at it as I read it. ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 07:03:07 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 08:54:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Feb 18 13:56:40 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 16 20:06:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 04:26:50 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 18:09:55 -0700 2008
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