How to Pronounce Knife

Author:	Thammavongsa, Souvankham
Binding:	Paperback
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ISBN:	9780316422123
Publisher:	Back Bay Books
Language:	English
Page Count:	180
Publication Date:	4/27/2021
Size:	8.27" l x 5.49" w x 0.65"
Series:	N/A

Category	Subject
Fiction	Short Stories
Fiction	Literary

A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN Open Book Award, and winner of the 2020 Giller Prize, this revelatory story collection honors characters struggling to find their bearings far from home, even as they do the necessary "grunt work of the world."

A failed boxer painting nails at the local salon. A woman plucking feathers at a chicken processing plant. A housewife learning English from daytime soap operas. A mother teaching her daughter the art of worm harvesting. In her stunning debut story collection, O. Henry Award winner Souvankham Thammavongsa focuses on characters struggling to make a living, illuminating their hopes, disappointments, love affairs, acts of defiance, and above all their pursuit of a place to belong. In spare, intimate prose charged with emotional power and a sly wit, she paints an indelible portrait of watchful children, wounded men, and restless women caught between cultures, languages, and values.