The world to come : stories
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
ISBN
9781524731809, 1524731803
Lexile measure
1240L
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781524731809, 1524731803
Lexile measure
1240

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"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
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""Without a doubt the most ambitious story writer in America," according to The Daily Beast, Jim Shepard now delivers a new collection that spans borders and centuries with unrivaled mastery. These ten stories ring with voices belonging to--among others--English Arctic explorers in one of history's most nightmarish expeditions, a young contemporary American negotiating the shockingly underreported hazards of our crude-oil trains, eighteenth-century French balloonists inventing manned flight, and two mid-nineteenth-century housewives trying to forge a connection despite their isolation on the frontier of settlement. In each case the personal is the political as these characters face everything from the emotional pitfalls of everyday life to historic catastrophes on a global scale. In his fifth collection, Shepard makes each of these wildly various worlds his own, and never before has he delineated anything like them so powerfully"--,Provided by publisher.
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"These ten stories ring with voices belonging to--among others--English Arctic explorers in one of history's most nightmarish expeditions, a young contemporary American negotiating the shockingly underreported hazards of our crude-oil trains, eighteenth-century French balloonists inventing manned flight, and two mid-nineteenth-century housewives trying to forge a connection despite their isolation on the frontier of settlement. In each case the personal is the political as these characters face everything from the emotional pitfalls of everyday life to historic catastrophes on a global scale"--,Provided by publisher.
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1240L,Lexile

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Shepard, J. (2017). The world to come: stories (First edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Shepard, Jim. 2017. The World to Come: Stories. Alfred A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Shepard, Jim. The World to Come: Stories Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Shepard, Jim. The World to Come: Stories First edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.

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