We Miss All the Great Parties (hardcover edition) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781312955332)

10 stories about odd encounters and personal exploration: A young man in search of meaning connects with his dead girlfriend's son. A group of men in Wisconsin start a poetry group while waiting for their favorite bar to be rebuilt. A woman discovers her husband has been hiding a secret. He also wants to rob a bank. A basketball player continually relives the last six seconds of his worst game. An amateur chess player encounters greatness. A girl attempts to leave a small town. But before she goes, she learns the story of one who stayed. These stories span a variety of genres, technical approaches, and perspectives-one story is a parody, another is written entirely as a series of conversations, one story is a family melodrama, another is a contemplation of pro sports and time travel. "This 10-month project, which turned into a two-year project, represents what I love most about short stories: the opportunity to experiment and play, to expand a condensed world."

Author: David Hopkins
ISBN-10: 1312955333
ISBN-13: 9781312955332
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 03/05/2015
Pages: 124
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d