Dogfight: And Other Stories
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"Ten stories cut like gems from American family life . . . [with] a gracious patina and a drawl of violence." -- Los Angeles Times "A writer of the first rank. . . . [Knight] writes gently and with great gobs of empathy."-- Esquire "Wonderfully humane." -- Playboy A Los Angeles Times Notable Book, Michael Knight's stunning debut delivers ten tales of ordinary people seized by extraordinary circumstances as their attempts at human connection result in frustrating false starts and ruinous misunderstandings. Knight expertly unveils fragile family ties, secret compulsions, and the nagging doggedness of love as he taps into our collective human experience to remind us, with unerring, piercing insight, of what it means to be alive. By turns unpredictable and wise, sorrowful and triumphant, Dogfight and Other Stories reveals the transformative power of life's small struggles.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:080214330X
ISBN13:9780802143303
Release Date:November 2007
Publisher:Grove Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
As Good as it Gets
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I'm glad to see this book out in a new print. It's one of the best collections I've ever read. Stories like "Now You See Her" and "Sundays" are as good as it gets.
Amazing...Wonderful...etc
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
There's something about Michael Knight's writing that keeps me turning each and every page. I loved every story in this book. If any other author had written these stories, they would most likely only be mediocre, but Michael Knight can take these stories and make them real. He's an extraordinary writer, a wonderful teacher, and a great person.
Loved it.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I thoroughly enjoyed this clever and thoughtful collection, though I did feel it was a little inconsistent. The strong stories outnumber the weaker ones by far, and the strong ones will knock your socks off. Michael is a wonderful writer (and a wonderful teacher, and a super-nice guy).
Good stuff
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Knight's work to date seems to me like a gentile version of "Goodbye Columbus." He has Roth's eye for the lusty details that make the blood go to the skin. I recommend this book especially to young readers and writers like myself who are interested in the way that middle class experience can be made into meaningful fiction. In response to one of the critics above, I think "Birdland" (NewYorker) is the best of all Knight's stories, with the exception, perhaps, of "Bad man, So Pretty." If you want to see someone get a lot better at fiction writing with time, read "Birdland" after Dog Fight. Hope to see more from Knight soon. Am very jealous of his talent.
Thoroughly enjoyable.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Michael Knight's stories are evocative and stirring without being too big to get your hands around them. Another short story, "Birdland," is in the New Yorker's Nov. 9, 1998 issue and well worth the search. I'm really looking forward to his first novel, "Divining Rod."
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