Supple and precise, these stories cover lifetimes, much in the manner of Alice Munro and William Trevor. Set in France, Italy, New York, and China, in the past and present, they are about longings--about how sex and religion become parallel forms of dedication and comfort.
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Supple and precise, these stories cover lifetimes, much in the manner of Alice Munro and William Trevor. Set in France, Italy, New York, and China, in the past and present, they are about longings--about how sex and religion become parallel forms of dedication and comfort.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Stated First Edition, first printing with full number line in fine / like new condition. The pages are clean and crisp with no bent corners. Boards are as new, and the spine is square and tight. The dust jacket is clean and undamaged. The book is in excellent condition with an unclipped DJ, and no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 250 p. Audience: General/trade. 2004 hardcover stated 1st edition 1st printing with full number line warmyl inscribed (which always means to a particular person) on the half title page and flatsigned by the author on the title page. Light soil on dj and cover, tiny tear on cover, foxing, else text clean, binding tight.
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Near fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by author on title page (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket is fine. Book has faint toning to the edges of the pageblock. 'National Book Award Finalist' sticker. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 250 p. Audience: General/trade. By the National Book Critics Circle Award-, PEN/Faulkner Award-, PEN/Malamud Award-, and Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award-winning author of 'Improvement' and 'Secrets of Happiness'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
The best short story collections I've read in several years. Silber subtly connects each story--you have to think a bit, in some cases, to see the connection. I'm not a conventionally 'religious' person, but this book left me feeling spiritually moved by the various concepts of faith the characters experience, from missionary zeal to belief in oneself to hope in the form of the most unexpected fellow human. Highly recommended.