| #32556 in Books | Riverhead | 2004-02-03 | 2004-02-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.70 x5.10l, | File type: PDF | 288 pages | ||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Amazing book. It's so exciting to hear the voice ...|By Ellen K. Lupton|Amazing book. It's so exciting to hear the voice of a young author. It feels like she is telling you a story directly. She never gets bogged down in over-writing. She submerges you in a magical quality of direct experience (which is often harsh but never without forgiveness).|1 of 1 people found the follow|.com |An outstanding debut story collection, Z.Z. Packer's Drinking Coffee Elsewhere has attracted as much book-world buzz as a triple espresso. Yet, surprisingly, there are no gimmicks in these eight stories. Their combination of tenderness, humor, and
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Already an award-winning writer, ZZ Packer now shares with us her debut, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. Her impressive range and talent are abundantly evident: Packer dazzles with her command of language, surprising and delighting us with unexpected turns and indelible images, as she takes us into the lives of characters on the periphery, unsure of where they belong. We meet a Brownie troop of black...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Drinking Coffee Elsewhere | ZZ Packer. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.