Bibliograph

Kinda sorta American dream, collected stories, Steve Karas

Type

Label

Kinda sorta American dream, collected stories, Steve Karas

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Kinda sorta American dream

Oclc number

940600406

Responsibility statement

Steve Karas

Sub title

collected stories

Summary

The author examines and reconfigures the core archetypes -- dot-com entrepreneurs, hard-striving immigrants, obsessive diner owners -- that haunt and dominate the American psyche. Their narratives, set against a parnorma that stretches from the ruins of post-2008 Detroit to the desparate paradise of suburban Florida, evoke the familar mythology of army bases, Manhattan high-rises, and Midwestern video stores. Yet these minimalist portraits are ambiguous and tinged with uncertainty

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