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Because They Wanted to: Stories

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Because They Wanted to: Stories: Mary Gaitskill: 9780684841441: Amazon.com: Books

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February 27, 1998
A New York Times Notable Book

A man tells a story to a woman sitting beside him on a plane, little suspecting what it reveals about his capacity for cruelty and contempt. A callow runaway girl is stranded in a strange city with another woman’s fractiously needy children. An uncomprehending father helplessly lashes out at the daughter he both loves and resents. In these raw, startling, and incandescently lovely stories, the author of Veronica yields twelve indelible portraits of people struggling with the disparity between what they want and what they know. Because They Wanted To is further evidence that Gaitskill is one of the fiercest, funniest, and most subversively compassionate writers at work today.

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Product Details:

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 1st Scribner Paperback Fiction Ed edition (February 27, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0684841444
  • ISBN-13: 978-0684841441
  • Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 7.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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