Screen LibraryThe angel Esmeralda：nine stories
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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. |