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| Material Type: | Fiction, Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Charles Yu |
| ISBN: | 0156030810 9780156030816 |
| OCLC Number: | 64288914 |
| Notes: | "A Harvest original." |
| Description: | 173 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Third class superhero -- 401(k) -- The man who became himself -- Problems for self-study -- My last days as me -- Two-player infinitely iterated simultaneous semi-cooperative game with spite and reputation -- Realism -- Florence -- Man of quiet desperation goes on short vacation -- 32.05864991% -- Autobiographical raw material unsuitable for the mining of fiction. |
| Responsibility: | Charles Yu. |
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Abstract:
A volume of short works includes "Third Class Superhero," in which a would-be good guy confronts the darkness in his heart; "401(k)," in which a couple is disappointed by the sales pitch accompanying their luxury vacation; and "Autobiographical Raw Material Unsuitable for the Mining of Fiction," a profile of the author's mother. A first collection.
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PRAISE FOR CHARLES YU<br> <br>"'Class Three Superhero' transcends what might have been a merely clever premise to speak to us about ambition, envy and the moral dilemmas that our own worst natures force on us. I admire it very much."--Jean Thompson, National Book Award Finalist<br> Read more...
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