Synopsis The overarching theme of these stories is travel, and the characters frequently find themselves in exotic locales, simultaneously immersed and detached from worlds and experiences they cannot fully understand.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2006-08-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 229 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 16.8 oz |
Publisher's Note A debut anthology of short fiction by an O. Henry- and Pushcart Prize-winning author features a goup of protagonists caught in the middle of the political and social upheaval surrounding them, in such works as "Near-Extinct Birds of the Central Cordillera," "The Good Ones Are Already Taken," and "The Lion's Mouth." Reader's Guide available. 30,000 first printing.
Industry Reviews "Heartbreaking, absurd, deftly drawn....Each of these eight stories is as rich as novel--high praise when you consider how many of today's novels could be distilled into a short story." (08/27/2006)
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