Author

Publication

2005 - Scribner, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

34,750 words, Guess

Page Count

139 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing4055390
  • Goodreads33301

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3558.E47916 D64 2005

Description

"The Dog of the Marriage, Amy Hempel's fourth collection, is about sexual obsession, relationships gone awry, and the unsatisfied longings of everyday life." "In "Offertory," a modern-day Scheherazade entertains and manipulates her lover with stories of her sexual encounters with a married couple as a very young woman. In "Reference #388475848-5," a letter contesting a parking ticket becomes a beautiful and unnerving statement of faith. In "Jesus Is Waiting," a woman driving to New York sends a series of cryptically honest postcards to an old lover. And the title story is a heartbreaking tale about the objects and animals and unmired desires that are left behind after death or divorce."--Jacket.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction.

Other Editions

  • The dog of the marriage: storiesScribner2005-01-01

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