My Hard Bargain: Stories
by Walter Kirn
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My Hard Bargain was hailed as an impressive debut by The Wall Street Journal, and substantial and down to earth by the New Yorker. The exalted, memorable characters in Kirn's acclaimed debut short story col lection confront the real hard bargains in life that spring up from the business of simply living, and Kirn transforms these hard-luck stories into strapping moral lessons which evoke the bonds that unite us all.Tags
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This was Kirn's first book and his only collection of short fiction, containing stories written long before he busted out the novels Thumbsucker and Up in the Air, both of which later became feature films. Kirn spent part of his formative years in the Mormon church, so there are some interesting themes related to that in these stories. I thought this was a really strong collection, and I wish Kirn would write more short fiction, but these days he seems to be focused on nonfiction. It probably pays better.
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Walter Kirn (born 1962) is an American novelist, literary critic, and essayist. He graduated from princeton University in 1983. Kirn is the author of eight books, including Up in the Air, which was made into a movie starring George Clooney, and Blood Will Out, a memoir of his friendship with the imposter and convicted murderer, Clark Rockefeller. show more he has also reviewed books for New York Magazine and has written for The New York Times Book Review and New York Times Sunday Magazine, and is a contributing editor of Time magazine. In addition to teaching nonfiction writing at the University of Montana, Kirn was the 2008-09 Vare Nonfiction Writer in Residence at the University of Chicago. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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