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Samantha Dunn

Failing Paris
Failing Paris is the story of a week in the life of Sabine Wilcox, the 19-year-old student who has left the stifling rural existence of the American Southwest in exchange for a year in Paris. But the City of Light offers her no refuge. With only one week to address a dire problem, Sabine¡¦s past and present painfully collide. Her life intertwines with two men who prove to be both more, and less, than they first appeared...
Nominated for the PEN USA/West FICTION PRIZE 2000

Hardcover: ISBN: 1-902881-01-X Pages: 146 8¾"x6¾" US$ 19.95
Paperback: ISBN: 1-902881-17-6 Pages: 169 8½"x5½" US$ 12.95   More Info...
Failing Paris
Women on the Edge (edited by Samantha Dunn and Julianne Ortale)
The stories in this collection achieve the ultimate outland status in the point of their creation, which is the edge of the continent — Los Angeles. “For Los Angeles writers, the boundariness is taken to the furthest extent — for what could be more peripheral than serious short stories written in a town known predominantly for its big screens and action figures and silicone-enhanced placticine femmes?” Some of the women who have contributed to this collection are well-known figures in the literary landscape — Aimee Bender, Carol Muske Dukes, Lisa Teasley, Rachel Resnick - while others have little publishing experience. All, however, contribute compelling stories that are fresh in their approach, immaculate in their execution...

Paperback: ISBN: 1-59264-125-3 Pages: 300 8¾"x5¾" US$14.95 £9.99
Publication date: October 2005   More Info...
Women on Edge

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