Fruit of the Month

by Abby Frucht

Overview

This 1987 winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award contains 12 stories that focus on contemporary Americans: their fragile relationships, their interest in activism and their experiences with rape, drugs and homosexuality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781941531082
Publisher:	Dzanc Books
Publication date:	07/19/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	499 KB

Editorial Reviews

This 1987 winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award contains 12 stories that focus on contemporary Americans: their fragile relationships, their interest in activism and their experiences with rape, drugs and homosexuality . ``Frucht is a talented young writer, and though her stories sometimes are muffled by ambiguities, their resonances will linger in the reader's mind,'' said PW. (May)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

"In Abby Frucht's perceptive short stories, the details of everyday domestic life expand into half-suggested depths of meaning that can transform ordinary situations and relationships into something serious and universal."—Alison Lurie

"Frucht is a talented young writer, and …[her stories'] resonances will linger in the reader's mind."—Publishers Weekly

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