Published: New York : Scribner, 2011
Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed
Description: 213 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN: 9781451655841 (hardcover : alk. paper), 1451655843 (hardcover : alk. paper), 9781451659092 (pbk. : alk. paper), 1451659091 (pbk. : alk. paper), 9781447207573, 1447207572, 1451655843 :,
Language: English
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
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
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