num_pages: 196
description: Steven Polansky's universe has no heroes, no villains. His people are fallen and eminently human. They try to live difficult lives with dignity and grace, to cope with what scares them. These are powerful stories of brokenness - broken families, failed loves, dangerous intimacies, unrealized dreams - that are surprisingly tender and often comic. These are stories that are at once bright and dark, written with scrupulous moral precision.
language: English
title: Dating Miss Universe: Nine Stories
titlecomplete: Dating Miss Universe: Nine Stories
ratings_count: 19
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Minnesota Book Award
category: Short Story
publisher: Ohio State University Press