false 233940 2 A student's suicide note is not what it seems. A high-school football rivalry turns absurd-and deadly. A much-loved cat seems to have been a different animal all along. A pair of identical twins aren't identical at all - or even related. A man finds his own yellowed birth announcement inside a bureau bought at auction. Set in a small American town, told in a conversational style, Pieces for the Left Hand is a stream of a hundred anecdotes, none much longer than a page. At once funny, bizarre, familiar and disturbing, these deceptively straightforward tales nevertheless shock and amaze through uncanny coincidence, tragic misunderstanding, strange occurrence, or sudden insight. Unposted letters, unexpected visitors, false memories - in Pieces for the Left Hand, these are the things that decide our fate. Wry and deadpan, powerful and philosophical, these addictive little fables reveal the everyday world as a strange and eerle place. 226567 1 2005 Pieces for the Left Hand: 100 Anecdotes total:85|5:35|4:29|3:16|2:5|1:0| 85 349 198 21 5 2 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 14:08:14 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 14:08:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 11:03:20 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 11:05:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 20:46:21 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 09:14:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 07:45:56 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 07:48:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 07 12:20:07 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 12:23:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 14:52:38 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 12:12:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 02 08:03:07 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 08:05:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 09:58:14 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 10:44:33 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jun 03 10:13:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 14:02:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 12:09:25 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 14:48:13 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Aug 26 09:30:56 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 09:31:23 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 18:15:38 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 05:25:11 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 14:46:45 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 09:26:15 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 17:11:55 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 20:25:01 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Nov 30 08:02:34 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 08:06:25 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 13 13:14:45 -0800 2008 Tue Jun 30 15:52:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Apr 25 08:35:45 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 08:37:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Feb 07 23:45:39 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 23:46:42 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Oct 01 15:27:01 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 15:27:43 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 07:30:39 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 07:31:16 -0700 2008