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A compilation of short fiction includes the title story about a woman's recovery from cancer, as well as "Pagans," a retrospective about the dangerous games played by a girl and two boys in their youth, and "Her First Elk," in which a woman recalls her first elk hunt.
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Rick Bass's new collection contains a broad range of characters and settings: the title story concerns a woman recovering from cancer; "Pagans" tells, at forty years' distance, of a girl and two boys -- one of whom was in love with her -- and the dangerous games they played; in "Her First Elk," a woman reflects on her first elk hunt and on her memories of her father and two brothers, now all dead. These stories, distinguished by their maturity, are narrated by men and women with compelling life tales. Filled with Bass's hallmark lean and beautiful prose, they are further proof of his mastery of the short fiction form.
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