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Expansive.., and eloquent.., at once grave and majestic. In the final volume of the 'Home' trilogy, it is 1974 and we are in the windswept territories of the southwest USA. Written with terse lyricism, and cinematic detail, and wry humor, Dirt and Snakes is a tale of the American West like no other in contemporary literature. This searing, extraordinarily evocative narrative opens with Gus Alamo, a wayfarer; a Cowboy.

Nance Able has finally recovered from the violent death of her first husband and is living a new life in the West with her second husband, Ned. When Meredith, her younger, errant sister, decides to move to the same town, Nance's long sought happiness is threatened.

Humayun Ahmed wrote: "Himu is one of my favorite characters. When I write something about Himu - I feel like Himu, feel a bit thick. This thing does not happen at the time of any other writing. My first book on Himu is Moyurakkhi [Peacock]. First I felt this thing inside me while writing Moyurakkhi [Peacock]. Then I wrote the second book Darojar Opashe [Next to the Door]. Felt the same thing. Why is this happening? I consider myself a reasonable person. But then again why does the unimaginable, mysterious world of Himu attract a rationalist?

Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway bet his fellow writers at the Algonquin Round Table that he could write a complete short story in six words. The other writers ponied up 10 bucks each, and Papa claimed the pot with possibly the saddest six words ever written: "For sale: baby shoes. Never worn." In this collection, Mario Milosevic offers 41 of his own very short stories. By turns funny, fantastic, witty, fabulous, and poignant, none are as brief as six words, but they all pack a punch and are guaranteed to intrigue, amuse, and move.