Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg
ISBN-13:
9780312429898
Veröffentl:
2010
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
30.03.2010
Seiten:
992
Autor:
Deborah Eisenberg
Gewicht:
1332 g
Format:
210x140x58 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg contains twenty-seven short stories by "a contemporary master" (New York Times).Since 1986 with the publication of her first story collection, Deborah Eisenberg has devoted herself to writing "exquisitely distilled stories" which "present an unusually distinctive portrait of contemporary American life" to quote the MacArthur Foundation. This one volume brings together Transactions in a Foreign Currency (1986), Under the 82nd Airborne (1992), All Around Atlantis (1997) and Twilight of the Superheroes (2006)."One of America's finest writers."-San Francisco Chronicle "Concentrated bursts of perfection."-The Times (London)
CONTENTSTRANSACTIONS IN A FOREIGN CURRENCY 1Flotsam 3What It Was Like, Seeing Chris 34Rafe¿s Coat 63A Lesson in Traveling Light 103Days 125Transactions in a Foreign Currency 161Broken Glass 192UNDER THE 82ND AIRBORNE 235A Cautionary Tale 237Under the 82nd Airborne 285The Robbery 327Presents 366The Custodian 400Holy Week 435In the Station 488ALL AROUND ATLANTIS 521The Girl Who Left Her Sock on the Floor 523Across the Lake 549Someone to Talk To 580Tlaloc¿s Paradise 611Rosie Gets a Soul 629Mermaids 681All Around Atlantis 723TWILIGHT OF THE SUPERHEROES 769Twilight of the Superheroes 771Some Other, Better Otto 811Like It or Not 854Window 889Revenge of the Dinosaurs 932The Flaw in the Design 954
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