Still Life with Plums
Manilla's award-winning story collection and Weatherford award finalist, Still Life with Plums explores the quirks and depths of the inner thoughts and worlds of human beings attempting to make sense of the world. Manilla gives us an array of Appalachian characters, from Black-Irish West Virginians to a Guatemalan widow, to academics and award-winning novelist. Her humor, magic realism, and depth of understanding sets a rich literary feast and provides food for thought and multi-cultural worlds to ponder, from West Virginia to the Texarkana.
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