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Merkner, Christopher.

[Short stories. Selections]

The rise & fall of the Scandamerican domestic : stories / by Christopher Merkner.—First edition.

pages cm

ISBN 978-1-56689-344-2 (E-BOOK)

1. Scandinavian Americans—Fiction. 2. Domestic fiction, American. I. Title. II. Title: Rise and fall of the Scandamerican domestic : stories.

PS3613.E7567R57 2014

813'.6—DC23

2013003664

FIRST EDITION | FIRST PRINTING