The Heaven of animals
Subtitle: stories
By: David James Poissant
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781476729961; 9781476729985
Subjects: Short stories
Work titles: Short stories
Description: A first collection by an award-winning writer features characters at relationship crossroads in such stories as "Lizard Man," in which two men race to save a sick alligator; and "The End of Aaron," in which a girl helps her boyfriend face his greatest fears.
Table of contents: title: Lizard Man --; title: Amputee --; title: 100% cotton --; title: The end of Aaron --; title: Refund --; title: Knockout --; title: Last of the great land mammals --; title: What the wolf wants --; title: The geometry of despair. I. Venn diagram ; II. Wake the baby --; title: How to help your husband die --; title: Me and James Dean --; title: Nudists --; title: The baby glows --; title: The disappearing boy --; title: The Heaven of animals.