Deschutes Public Library

The book, Mary Ruefle

eng

short stories

The book

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Mary Ruefle

"True to its bold title, The Book affirms Mary Ruefle's legacy as (dubbed by Publishers Weekly) 'the patron saint of childhood and the everyday.' With the same curiosity found in Madness, Rack, and Honey and My Private Property, Ruefle's prose here feels both omniscient and especially intimate. 'It seems I believe in a bygone world though I no longer live there,' she writes. 'Will I continue to read about all that is dusty?' In the spirit of friendship, Ruefle generously invites us to query ourselves as readers and thinkers in a world that will eventually endure without us."--Amazon.com

Untitled -- The Photograph -- Pixie -- The Wrapped Book -- Nettles -- The Bark -- Nope -- We Need To Talk About Ice Cream -- The Candy -- House Hunting -- A Lesson In History -- My Life As A Scholar -- The Cashew -- My Memory of A Story by Lydia Davis -- I Read Years Ago And Never Forgot -- The Stagehand -- The Trees -- What Happens When You Die -- The Cloud Beaters -- The Translator -- Golden Crumbs -- Love Story -- The Wind -- The Color -- The Perk -- The Heart, What Is It? -- I Dream Of Jung -- Lucky Dragon -- My Dying Friend -- Dear Friends -- Letter To Elizabeth Bishop -- The Gables -- Affordable Vacation -- An American Haiku -- Teeth Of Noon -- The Effusive -- The Novel The Book -- Chilly Observation -- The Plum And The Devil