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Study in Perfect [electronic resource].

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative NonfictionPublication details: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (221 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780820347899 (electronic bk.)
  • 0820347892 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Study in PerfectDDC classification:
  • 158.10923
LOC classification:
  • BF637.S8 .G384 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Moving Horizontal; PERFECT WORD; Darling Amanita; PERFECT FLOWER; The Changeling; On Lying; PERFECT WATER; Marking Time in Door County; PERFECT SOLUTION; A Drinker's Guide to The Cat in the Hat; PERFECT TEA; Sentimental à la Carte; PERFECT CONVERSATION; The Shape of Fear; PERFECT SLEEP; On Selfishness; Be There No Human Here; PERFECT BARN; Woman Drawn Twice; PERFECT HEAVEN; Neriage, or What Is the Secret of a Long Marriage?; PERFECT ENDING; Notes and Sources
Summary: Study in Perfect is an exploration of perfection. In ""Moving Horizontal"" a Victorian house loses its charm over time, especially when compared to a modernist contemporary filled with light. Family life is dense with pleasure, as in the perfect vacation described in ""Marking Time in Door County,"" and in ""Neriage, or What Is the Secret of a Long Marriage,"" where an ancient Japanese ceramic technique has much in common with shaping a close relationship. There is such a thing as a perfect cup of tea, depending on who is preparing and drinking it (""Perfect Tea""). And schmaltzy show tunes fl.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Moving Horizontal; PERFECT WORD; Darling Amanita; PERFECT FLOWER; The Changeling; On Lying; PERFECT WATER; Marking Time in Door County; PERFECT SOLUTION; A Drinker's Guide to The Cat in the Hat; PERFECT TEA; Sentimental à la Carte; PERFECT CONVERSATION; The Shape of Fear; PERFECT SLEEP; On Selfishness; Be There No Human Here; PERFECT BARN; Woman Drawn Twice; PERFECT HEAVEN; Neriage, or What Is the Secret of a Long Marriage?; PERFECT ENDING; Notes and Sources

Study in Perfect is an exploration of perfection. In ""Moving Horizontal"" a Victorian house loses its charm over time, especially when compared to a modernist contemporary filled with light. Family life is dense with pleasure, as in the perfect vacation described in ""Marking Time in Door County,"" and in ""Neriage, or What Is the Secret of a Long Marriage,"" where an ancient Japanese ceramic technique has much in common with shaping a close relationship. There is such a thing as a perfect cup of tea, depending on who is preparing and drinking it (""Perfect Tea""). And schmaltzy show tunes fl.

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