Delicate Edible Birds

Delicate Edible Birds
Author Lauren Groff
Illustrator Shubhani Sarkar
Country United States
Language English
Genre Short Stories
Publisher Hyperion
Publication date
2009
Media type Print (hardcover)
Pages 306
ISBN 978-1-4013-4086-5
OCLC 232977421
813/.6 22
LC Class PS3607.R6344 D45 2009

Delicate Edible Birds is a short story collection written by Lauren Groff. Groff was born and raised in Cooperstown, New York, home of American writers James Fenimore Cooper and W.W. Lord.[1] Several of the stories take place in Upstate New York.[2] Groff is also the author of the best-selling novel The Monsters of Templeton.[3]

Summary

The anthology comprises nine dramatic stories, taken together, spanning a century. In each story, a slice of life of various American women is revealed.[4]

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References

  1. "W. W. Lord (Lord, W. W. (William Wilberforce), 1819-1907) | The Online Books Page". Onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  2. Many American authors such as Washington Irving (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow), Theodore Dreiser (An American Tragedy) and Kurt Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse Five) used Upstate New York as a setting for their works.
  3. "Home". Lauren Groff. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  4. "Home". Lauren Groff. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  5. 1 2 "article". Pshares.org. 2010-07-08. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  6. 1 2 "L. Debard and Aliette - Magazine". The Atlantic. 2006-08-01. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  7. Archived September 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. Delicate Edible Birds by Lauren Groff, Hyperion, New York, New York, 1st Edition, Page 79
  9. Washington, The (2009-02-22). "BOOKS: 'Delicate Edible Birds'". Washington Times. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  10. Archived May 29, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  11. "The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories". Randomhouse.com. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
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