Since the publication of Tatlin! in 1974, Guy Davenport has established himself as one of the most original and stimulating writers of fiction today. Twelve Stories draws the best work from Davenports early collections: Tatlin! , Apples and Pears , and The Drummer of the Eleventh North Devonshire Fusiliers . Chosen by the author, these stories are nowhere else in print.Guy Davenports short stories are journeys through history and the imagination. Radically original and surprising, comic and sensuous, Davenports virtuoso talent charms us into a world both familiar and strange. Whether in the timelessness of deep woods or fleeing the bloody dreamscape of battle, Davenports characters embody lifes contradictions.
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Tatlin, the ironic Tatlin, is exhibiting Constructivist works at the People's Museum of Decorative Arts. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Abbé Breuil, Liberal Member, Monsieur Laval, Father Gapon, Saint Petersburg, New York, Abbé Bouysonnie, Maurice Thaon, Prince Potyomkin, Jules Verne New!
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Tatlin, the ironic Tatlin, is exhibiting Constructivist works at the People's Museum of Decorative Arts. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dove disappear Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Abbé Breuil, Liberal Member, Monsieur Laval, Father Gapon, Saint Petersburg, New York, Abbé Bouysonnie, Maurice Thaon, Prince Potyomkin, Jules Verne New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Drummer of the Eleventh North Devonshire Fusiliers by Guy Davenport in Front Matter
- Benjamin Franklin by Esmond Wright on page 58
- Apples and Pears and Other Stories by Guy Davenport in Front Matter
- Mark Twain (Paperback Edition) (People Who Made History) by Todd Howard on page 59
- Maple Leaf Rag by Sott Joplin on page 41
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