Hall of Small Mammals: Stories

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Hall of Small Mammals: Stories

A wild, inventive ride of a short story collection from a distinctive new American storyteller.

The stories in Thomas Pierceâ€™s Hall of Small Mammals take place at the confluence of the commonplace and the cosmic, the intimate and the infinite.Â A fossil-hunter, a comedian, a hot- air balloon pilot, parents and children, believers and nonbelievers, the people in these stories are struggling to understand the absurdity and the magnitude of what it means to exist in a family, to exist in the world.

In â€œShirley Temple Three,â€ a mother must shoulder her sonâ€™s burdenâ€”a cloned and resurrected wooly mammoth who wreaks havoc on her house, sanity, and faith. In â€œThe Real Alan Gass,â€ a physicist in search of a mysterious particle called the â€œdaisyâ€ spends her days with her boyfriend, Walker, and her nights with the husband who only exists in the world of her dreams, Alan Gass.Â Like the daisy particle itselfâ€”â€œforever locked in a curious state of existence and nonexistence, sliding back and forth between the twoâ€â€”the stories in Thomas Pierceâ€™s Hall of Small Mammals are exquisite, mysterious, and inextricably connected.

From this enchanting primordial soup, Pierceâ€™s voice emergesâ€”a distinct and charming testament of the New South, melding contemporary concerns with their prehistoric roots to create a hilarious, deeply moving symphony of stories.

From the Hardcover edition.

Country	USA
Author	Thomas Pierce
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9780698144927
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Riverhead Books
Manufacturer	Riverhead Books
NumberOfPages	295
PublicationDate	2015-01-08
Publisher	Riverhead Books
ReleaseDate	2015-01-08
Studio	Riverhead Books

Hall of Small Mammals: Stories

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