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Hint Fiction (An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer)
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Product Details
Author:
Robert Swartwood
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
188
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company (November 1, 2010)
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9780393338461
ISBN-10:
0393338460
Weight:
4.08oz
Dimensions:
4.5" x 6.3" x 0.6"
File:
-NortonNorton_030726-20260308-a.xml
List Price:
$13.95
Case Pack:
48
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$10.74
Publisher Identifier:
P-WWN
Discount Code:
B
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
65
Imprint:
W. W. Norton & Company
Overview
The stories in this collection run the gamut from playful to tragic, conservative to experimental, but they all have one thing in common: they are no more than 25 words long. Robert Swartwood was inspired by Ernest Hemingway's possibly apocryphal six-word story—"For Sale: baby shoes, never worn"—to foster the writing of these incredibly short-short stories. He termed them "hint fiction" because the few chosen words suggest a larger, more complex chain of events. Spare and evocative, these stories prove that a brilliantly honed narrative can be as startling and powerful as a story of traditional length. The 125 gemlike stories in this collection come from such best-selling and award-winning authors as Joyce Carol Oates, Ha Jin, Peter Straub, and James Frey, as well as emerging writers.
