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02731aam a2200481Ii 4500 001 37B8171E8C3A11EAB4A2F82B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200815010218 008 190630s2020 mau 000 j eng d 020 $a 0316422134 020 $a 9780316422130 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1106173337 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $e rda $d IG$ $d RB0 $d UAB $d IW5 $d SILO 050 4 $a PR9199.4.T43 $b A6 2020 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Thammavongsa, Souvankham, $d 1978- $e author. 240 10 $a Short stories. $k Selections 245 10 $a How to pronounce knife : $b stories / $c Souvankham Thammavongsa. 250 $a First edition. 260 $a Boston : $b Little, Brown and Company, $c 2020. 300 $a 181 pages ; $c 22 cm 505 0 $a How to pronounce knife -- Paris -- Slingshot -- Randy Travis -- Mani pedi -- Chick-a-chee! -- The universe would be so cruel -- Edge of the world -- The school bus driver -- You are so embarassing -- Ewwrrkk -- The gas station -- A far distant thing -- Picking worms. 520 $a "In her stunning debut, Souvankham Thammavongsa captures the day-to-day lives of immigrants and refugees in a nameless city, illuminating hopes, disappointments, love affairs, and above all, the pursuit of a place to belong. An ex-boxer turned nail salon worker falls for a pair of immaculate hands; a mother and daughter harvest earthworms in the middle of the night; a country music-obsessed housewife abandons her family for fantasy; and a young girl's love for her father transcends language. Uncannily and intimately observed, written with prose of exceptional precision, the stories in How to Pronounce Knife speak of modern location and dislocation, revealing lives lived in the embrace of isolation and severed history - but not without joy, humour, resilience, and constant wonder at the workings of the world."--Publisher's description. 650 0 $a Short stories, Canadian. 650 0 $a Short stories $x Women authors. 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 lcgft 941 $a 15 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240702023853.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240502013904.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117013759.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909060534.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728012937.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20220518024342.0 952 $l BNPD611 $d 20211214010433.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722062853.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20210701010705.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20210302015332.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20200805012239.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20200611010155.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20200610030315.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20200602013002.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200502010430.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=37B8171E8C3A11EAB4A2F82B97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search