Out of the Girls' Room and Into the Night
Stories
$34.14
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2001
Summary
In Thisbe Nissen’s award-winning debut story collection, characters teeter on the verge of love, of life, of oncoming cataclysms after which Things Will Never Be the Same. Against the varied backdrops of Grateful Dead shows, anniversary parties, sickrooms, and bright Manhattan vestibules, Nissen traces the joy, terror, and electric surprise that flash between people as they suddenly connect.
A fifteen-year-old girl whose mother is slowly dying finds solace in the bed of her best frien…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385720533 |
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| ISBN-10: | 038572053X |
| Author: | Thisbe Nissen |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2001 |
| Weight: | 213g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 132mm x 203mm |
| Audience Age: | 14-18 |
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Critics Review
”[An] awe-inspiring collection of stories. Nissen’s characters are young and yearning, and they come together in lovely and unexpected ways.” –The Austin Chronicle
“These are requiems for youth… . Nissen has a rare, poetic way with the short-story form.” –The Hartford Courant
Thisbe Nissen
Thisbe Nissen is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a former James Michener Fellow. Her stories have appeared in Story and Seventeen. A native New Yorker, she now lives in Iowa.
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