The Thief of Words

The Thief of Words is filled with desperate runaways, the unhappily married, and the displaced. These characters...
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Author: Anthony Bukoski
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The Thief of Words by Bukoski, Anthony

The Thief of Words

$29.38

The Thief of Words

$29.38
Author: Anthony Bukoski
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The Thief of Words is filled with desperate runaways, the unhappily married, and the displaced. These characters often long for happiness but struggle to explain--even to themselves--what that would entail.

The lightly interconnected stories in this riveting collection are split between the Polish American communities of northern Wisconsin and Louisiana, where refugees from World War II were resettled. Exploring themes of dislocation and assimilation, love and loneliness, and generational conflict, Anthony Bukoski admirably paints portraits of people doing their best, despite the odds and their sometimes-thwarted attempts to follow the urgings of their better angels.

Author: Anthony Bukoski
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 05/06/2025
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780299351748


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2025 pg. 38

About the Author
Anthony Bukoski is an award-winning writer and a fellow of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. A professor emeritus of English at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, he is the author of the collections The Blondes of Wisconsin, Time between Trains, Children of Strangers, and Polonaise.

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