The angel Esmeralda:nine stories
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Published: |
Scribner,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | 2012, c2011. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 1st Scribner trade pbk. ed. |
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Carrier Form: | 213 p.: ill. ; 21 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781451659092 1451659091 |
Index Number: | I712 |
CLC: | I712.45 |
Call Number: | I712.45/D353-20 |
Contents: |
"New York Times notable book"--Cover. Creation -- Human moments in World War III -- The runner -- The ivory acrobat -- The angel Esmeralda -- Baader-Minhof -- Midnight in Dostoevsky -- Hammer and sickle -- The starveling. 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. |