Characters from once resurface, a little older but scarcely better off. This weeks story comes from the big dream by rebecca rosenblum, published by biblioasis. In the big dream, acclaimed short story writer rebecca rosenblum offers a suite of linked stories exploring the working world in all its dark and humorous complexity, creating an in our time for our time. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases. Once is rebecca rosenblums first book, a collection of 16 short stories. Rebecca rosenblums the big dream biblioasis, fall 2011 is spectacularly adept at evoking the surreality of working for a big corporation. The big dream rebecca rosenblum by iva sebesta issuu.
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I read something almost every dayit would have to be a bizarre state of emergency that i didnt absorb at least some text. I do know that this book pushed me way out of my comfort zone but once i. Rebecca rosenblum toronto international festival of authors. In her spry, satirical new collection, rosenblum once presents dialoguerich and highly readable vignettes featuring a colorful cast of characters who work for dream inc.
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