Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1948954893
ISBN-13
9781948954891
Edition
2 New edition
Publisher
Tortoise Books
Imprint
Tortoise Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 20th, 2024
Print length
268 Pages
Weight
308 grams
Dimensions
20.30 x 13.30 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Short stories
Ksh 2,500.00
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Linking the lives and tales of a place and its people through tragedy and consequence, blind faith and redemption, The Temple of Air, Patricia Ann McNairs award-winning collection of finely tuned short stories, spans three decades to present a portrait of working class Americans.
From babysitter and bus ticket salesman to construction worker and cult leader, the residents of New Hopewhose lives intersect after a tragic accident during a summer carnivalchase dreams and suffer disappointment against the subtle backdrop of a Midwestern landscape. The stories are unapologetic yet magical, bringing to life the daily struggle under the weight of war, poverty, natural disaster, illness, grief, and greed, even as the residents enjoy the comforts of solace, friendship, sex, love, ice cream, and the comics found wrapped around bubblegum.
This revised second edition features new stories that will delight both new and old readers, as well as a new introduction.
From babysitter and bus ticket salesman to construction worker and cult leader, the residents of New Hopewhose lives intersect after a tragic accident during a summer carnivalchase dreams and suffer disappointment against the subtle backdrop of a Midwestern landscape. The stories are unapologetic yet magical, bringing to life the daily struggle under the weight of war, poverty, natural disaster, illness, grief, and greed, even as the residents enjoy the comforts of solace, friendship, sex, love, ice cream, and the comics found wrapped around bubblegum.
This revised second edition features new stories that will delight both new and old readers, as well as a new introduction.
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