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  1. Crazy Water
    Six Fictions
    Author: Baker, Lori
    Published: [1996]; © 1996
    Publisher:  New York University Press, New York, NY

    In Crazy Water: Six Fictions, Lori Baker pushes the boundaries between truth and reality with curious, tragi-comic results. The imagination is Baker's terrain, and in these stories, pleasant suburban childhoods, family drives, seaside vacations, and... more

    Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus - Senftenberg, Universitätsbibliothek
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    In Crazy Water: Six Fictions, Lori Baker pushes the boundaries between truth and reality with curious, tragi-comic results. The imagination is Baker's terrain, and in these stories, pleasant suburban childhoods, family drives, seaside vacations, and an academic's quest for tenure all are strangely warped, yet nonetheless still mirror a world we thought we knew. In these brief pages, boys become dogs, students hide in the molluscan places, and mothers do their best to rescind their unsatisfying children. "I say things smugly as if I understand them, muses one of Baker's narrators. Indeed, characters and readers alike are undermined in these deft and quirky fictions. Exposing and imploding all of our expectations, Baker shows us how menacing (and funny) the apparently ordinary can be

     

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    Language: English
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    ISBN: 9780814723326
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    Subjects: Baker; Lori; between; boundaries; curious; pushes; reality; truth; with; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; Short stories, American
    Scope: 1 online resource
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    Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

  2. I don't hate the South
    reflections on Faulkner, family, and the South
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford [u.a.]

    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 0195084292; 0195326555; 9780195084290; 9780195326550
    Other identifier:
    9780195326550
    2006032637
    RVK Categories: HU 3585
    Subjects: American literature; Racism; American literature; African American college teachers; African American families; American literature; American literature; Racism; African American families; African American college teachers
    Other subjects: Faulkner, William (1897-1962); Baker, Houston A Jr (1943-); Faulkner; Baker
    Scope: XVII, 198 S.
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196)

  3. Crazy Water
    Six Fictions
    Author: Baker, Lori
    Published: [1996]; © 1996
    Publisher:  New York University Press, New York, NY

    In Crazy Water: Six Fictions, Lori Baker pushes the boundaries between truth and reality with curious, tragi-comic results. The imagination is Baker's terrain, and in these stories, pleasant suburban childhoods, family drives, seaside vacations, and... more

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    In Crazy Water: Six Fictions, Lori Baker pushes the boundaries between truth and reality with curious, tragi-comic results. The imagination is Baker's terrain, and in these stories, pleasant suburban childhoods, family drives, seaside vacations, and an academic's quest for tenure all are strangely warped, yet nonetheless still mirror a world we thought we knew. In these brief pages, boys become dogs, students hide in the molluscan places, and mothers do their best to rescind their unsatisfying children. "I say things smugly as if I understand them, muses one of Baker's narrators. Indeed, characters and readers alike are undermined in these deft and quirky fictions. Exposing and imploding all of our expectations, Baker shows us how menacing (and funny) the apparently ordinary can be

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
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    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780814723326
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    Subjects: Baker; Lori; between; boundaries; curious; pushes; reality; truth; with; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; Short stories, American
    Scope: 1 online resource
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    Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

  4. I don't hate the South
    reflections on Faulkner, family, and the South
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Oxford Univ. Press, New York, NY

    Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780195084290; 9780195326550; 0195084292; 0195326555
    Subjects: American literature; American literature; Racism; African American families; African American college teachers
    Other subjects: Faulkner 1897-1962; Baker
    Scope: 198 S.
  5. <<The>> ethics of working class autobiography
    representation of family by four American authors
    Published: 2006
    Publisher:  McFarland, Jefferson, NC [u.a.]

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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    ISBN: 0786425768; 9780786425761
    Subjects: Authors, American; Authors, American; Working class authors; Autobiography
    Other subjects: Baker 1925-: Growing up; Wideman: Brothers and keepers; Nesaule: Woman in amber; Mason: Clear Springs
    Scope: IX, 202 S.
  6. I don't hate the South
    reflections on Faulkner, family, and the South
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Oxford Univ. Press, New York, NY

    Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld
    WV285.05 B617
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  7. The ethics of working class autobiography
    representation of family by four American authors
    Published: 2006
    Publisher:  McFarland, Jefferson, NC [u.a.]

    Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Münster
    3H 97859
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  8. Don Giovanni's reasons
    thoughts on a masterpiece
  9. Don Giovanni’s Reasons: Thoughts on a masterpiece
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Frankfurt a.M.

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9783631851180
    Other identifier:
    9783631851180
    Other subjects: (Produktform)Electronic book text; (Zielgruppe)Fachpublikum/ Wissenschaft; (BISAC Subject Heading)LIT003000: LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist; (BISAC Subject Heading)LIT004110: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern (see also Russian & Former Soviet Union); (BISAC Subject Heading)LIT004120: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; (BISAC Subject Heading)LIT004130: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General; (BISAC Subject Heading)LIT004150: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French; (BISAC Subject Heading)LIT004170: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German; (BISAC Subject Heading)LIT004200: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian; (BISAC Subject Heading)MUS000000: MUSIC / General; (BIC subject category)AVQ: Musical scores, lyrics & libretti; (BIC subject category)DCF: Poetry by individual poets; (BIC subject category)DD: Plays, playscripts; (BIC subject category)DSB: Literary studies: general; (BIC subject category)DSC: Literary studies: poetry & poets; (BIC subject category)DSG: Literary studies: plays & playwrights; (BIC subject category)HPM: Philosophy of mind; antisemitism; Baker; Da Ponte; Don Juan; Enlightenment; Felicity; Giovanni’s; Markus; masterpiece; Mozart; opera librettos; Reasons; Schneider; Tessing; Thoughts; Winkelkötter; (BISAC Subject Heading)MUS028000; (VLB-WN)9590
    Scope: Online-Ressource, 218 Seiten, 3 Illustrationen
  10. I don't hate the South
    reflections on Faulkner, family, and the South
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford [u.a.]

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    2007 A 13282
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 0195084292; 0195326555; 9780195084290; 9780195326550
    Other identifier:
    9780195326550
    2006032637
    RVK Categories: HU 3585
    Subjects: American literature; Racism; American literature; African American college teachers; African American families; American literature; American literature; Racism; African American families; African American college teachers
    Other subjects: Faulkner, William (1897-1962); Baker, Houston A Jr (1943-); Faulkner; Baker
    Scope: XVII, 198 S.
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196)

  11. U and I
    a true story
    Published: 1998
    Publisher:  Granta Books, London

    Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 1862070970
    RVK Categories: HU 8965 ; HU 9800
    Series: Granta Books
    Subjects: Baker; Updike; Authorship; Baker; Updike; Authorship
    Scope: 179 S
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    Originally published: 1991