Edition |
1st Scribner hardcover ed. |
Description |
213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Creation -- Human moments in World War III -- The runner -- The ivory acrobat -- The angel Esmeralda -- Baader-Meinhof -- Midnight in Dostoevsky -- Hammer and sickle -- The starveling. |
Summary |
Collects nine stories written between 1979 and 2011 that chronicle three decades of American life from the perspective of a range of characters, including a pair of nuns in the South Bronx and two astronauts orbiting the Earth. |
Subject |
United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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United States. |
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Manners and customs. |
Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Fiction.
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ISBN |
9781451655841 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1451655843 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9781451659092 paperback alkaline paper |
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1451659091 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781451658071 ebook alkaline paper |
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1451658079 ebook alkaline paper |
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9781442346482 eaudio alkaline paper |
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1442346485 eaudio alkaline paper |
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9781442348233 unabridged cd alkaline paper |
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1442348232 unabridged cd alkaline paper |
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9781442347182 cd alkaline paper |
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144234718X cd alkaline paper |
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9781447207573 |
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1447207572 |
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