American Salvage

By Bonnie Jo Campbell
(W. W. Norton & Company, Paperback, 9780393339192, 170pp.)

Publication Date: December 2009

Other Editions of This Title: Paperback, Hardcover

Categories: Short Stories (single author)

Description

Finalist for the 2009 National Book Award in Fiction; finalist for the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction. These short stories approach their subjects from an array of perspectives, but what they share is freshness, surprise, and a compulsion to plumb some absolute extremes of American existence. National Book Award citation

Tales Of Scrappy Michiganders In 'American Salvage'

Thursday, Nov 26, 2009

In the second installment of our book series, "Back Story," Steve Inskeep talks with author Bonnie Jo Campbell. Her latest book, American Salvage, is a short story collection that explores the lives of people at the bottom of American society. More at NPR.org

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Tales Of Michigan Full Of Despair, Life

Tuesday, Sep 8, 2009

In her new short-story collection, American Salvage, Bonnie Jo Campbell looks at working-class life in Michigan. Reviewer Alan Cheuse says both roughness and beauty can be found in Campbell's stories about cold, meth-drenched small towns. More at NPR.org

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