ISBN: 9780385338417 - voodoo heart (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Scott Snyder's protagonists inhabit a playfully deranged fictional world in which a Wall Street trader can find himself armed with a speargun, guarding a Dumpster outside a pawnshop in Florida; or an employee at Niagara Falls (his job: watching for jumpers) will take off in a car after a blimp in which his girlfriend has escaped. But in Snyder's wondrous imagination there's a thin membrane between the whimsical and the disturbing: the unlikely affair between a famous actress--in hiding after surgery--and a sporting goods salesman takes an ominous turn just as she begins to heal; an engaged couple's relationship is fractured when one of them becomes obsessed with an inmate at the women's prison next door. Dark, funny, powerful, this debut collection underscores the remarkable gifts of a fiercely original young writer. From the Hardcover edition.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. 1st printing. 278pp. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "Scott Snyder's protagonists inhabit a playfully deranged fictional world in which a Wall Street trader can find himself armed with a speargun, guarding a Dumpster outside a pawnshop in Florida; or an employee at Niagara Falls (his job: watching for jumpers) will take off in a car after a blimp in which his girlfriend has escaped. But in Snyder's wondrous imagination there's a thin membrane between the whimsical and the disturbing: the unlikely affair between a famous actress--in hiding after surgery--and a sporting goods salesman takes an ominous turn just as she begins to heal; an engaged couple's relationship is fractured when one of them becomes obsessed with an inmate at the women's prison next door. [] Dark, funny, powerful, this debut collection underscores the remarkable gifts of a fiercely original young writer." [jacket copy] "Each story in Scott Snyder's VOODOO HEART is as mournful and beautiful and haunting as a Hank Williams song, or a Buster Keaton movie, or a dream you have on the edge of sleep: vivid, insistent, funny, strange, heart-breaking all at the same time, full of odd, doomed love, and unforgettable."--Elizabeth McCracken. "Scott Snyder's VOODOO HEART just blew me away. These dispatches from disaffected but strangely likeable American oddities have much the same effect as good American roots music: their simplicity is deceptive, their emotional power considerable. And at some point between the mystery-blimp of 'Blue Yodel' and the World War I-era Curtis Jenny of 'The Star Attraction of 1919,' you may discover that Snyder's plain folks have stolen your heart. I think what impressed me most about these stories--even the ones in which terrible things happen--was their warmth and humanity. Even when his characters are at their worst, Scott Snyder never abandons them. These are stories that welcome the reader in, and fully reward their interest. Sometimes horrifying, often absurd, full of characters afraid to commit (and who sometimes commit anyway), this is a debut worthy of T. Coraghessan Boyle's 'If the River Was Whiskey.' I couldn't put it down."--Stephen King. Pristine hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding, wrapped in a bright-as-new jacket. Quite presentable. …

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. New York: Dial, 2001. First edition. First printing Hardbound. NEW/NEW. A pristine unread copy. Shipped in well padded box. Smoke free. Signed and dated by author on page facing title page in month of publication, August 2006. Signed-Fiction-S. Signed by Author(s). …

hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.