American Falls: The Collected Short Stories

by Barry Gifford

Book Overview

American Falls is the first major collection of short stories from Barry Gifford, master of the dark side of the American reality. These stories range widely in style and period, from the 1950s to the present, from absurdist exercises to romantic tales, from stories about childhood innocence to novellas of murder and revenge.
In the title story, a Japanese-American motel operator chooses not give up a total stranger, a black man wanted for murder,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158322470X
• ISBN13: 9781583224700
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.3"