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How to Pronounce Knife : Stories, Paperback by Thammavongsa, Souvankham, Bran...

Description: How to Pronounce Knife : Stories, Paperback by Thammavongsa, Souvankham, ISBN 0316422126, ISBN-13 9780316422123, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN Open Book Award, and winner of the 2020 Giller Prize, this revelatory story collection honors characters struggling to find their bearings far from home, even as they do the necessary "grunt work of the world."
 
A failed boxer painting nails at the local salon. A woman plucking feathers at a chicken processing plant. A housewife learning English from daytime soap operas. A mother teaching her daughter the art of worm harvesting. In her stunning debut story collection, O. Henry Award winner Souvankham Thammavongsa focuses on characters struggling to make a living, illuminating their hopes, disappointments, love affairs, acts of defiance, and above all their pursuit of a place to belong. In spare, intimate prose charged with emotional power and a sly wit, she paints an indelible portrait of watchful children, wounded men, and restless women caught between cultures, languages, and values. As one of Thammavongsa's characters says, "All we wanted was to live." And in these stories, they do—brightly, ferociously, unforgettably.

Unsentimental yet tender, taut and visceral, How to Pronounce Knife announces Souvankham Thammavongsa as one of the most striking voices of her generation. 

“As the daughter of refugees, I’m able to finally see myself in stories.” —Angela So, Electric Literature

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Book Title: How to Pronounce Knife : Stories

Number of Pages: 192 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Little Brown & Company

Item Height: 0.8 in

Publication Year: 2021

Topic: Short Stories (Single Author), Literary, Asian American

Genre: Fiction

Item Weight: 6.1 Oz

Author: Souvankham Thammavongsa

Item Length: 8.2 in

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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