Corrections to My Memoirs : Collected Stories

by Kun, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781596921955
• ISBN10: 1596921951
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-19
• Publisher: Macadam Cage Pub

Summary

Stories about the lives we lead. And the lives we wish we led. How much of your life is fantasy? That is the question the offbeat characters in this collection seek to answer. From the fabrications of the misguided autobiographer in the title story to the unusual encounter of the narrator in "The Last Chance Texaco," these are people slowly learning the truth about the world. They are discovering that the line between fantasy and reality is as thin as a white lie, and that reality can't be altered because we say so. In stories that are both humorous and heartbreaking, Kun reveals the hidden side of human existence and shows us that the difference between what is perceived and what is real is often more significant than we'd like to admit.

Author Biography

Michael Kun is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the University of Virginia School of Law. He has authored four previous novels including the 2003 BookSense selection The Locklear Letters and his most recent work, You Poor Monster. He lives in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

The handwriting patient	p. 5
Corrections to my memoirs	p. 12
One last story about girls and chocolate	p. 22
Fresh fruit	p. 41
That will be ten cents	p. 51
Touched, very touched	p. 57
Heaven help me	p. 61
Cigar box	p. 76
The blue engines	p. 88
A place like here, only different	p. 94
You have made quite a purchase	p. 111
Adair's	p. 117
Coat check	p. 121
Did she jump or was she pushed	p. 128
Her night classes	p. 150
My wife and my dead wife	p. 182
Steve Smith	p. 196
The baker's dog	p. 201
The last chance Texaco	p. 204
Weight and fortune	p. 218
Does your job application put your company at risk?	p. 224
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