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A Pause in the Desert and Other Stories

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Oliver La Farge covers many aspects of everyday life in these sixteen stories, which range from an old man facing death alone in the Mexican bush to some boys facing the responsibilities of life at St. Peter''s school; from the science fiction world of computing machines to the world of gourmets; and from the violent death of a man off the Rhode Island coast to the quiet death of a marriage in New Mexico. The variety of stories in this wide-ranging collection are sure to fit the taste and mood and any reader interested in the human condition through the clear grace of La Farge''s timeless writing.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780865346772
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 276
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. maj 2009
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x16 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 408 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 27. november 2024

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Oliver La Farge covers many aspects of everyday life in these sixteen stories, which range from an old man facing death alone in the Mexican bush to some boys facing the responsibilities of life at St. Peter''s school; from the science fiction world of computing machines to the world of gourmets; and from the violent death of a man off the Rhode Island coast to the quiet death of a marriage in New Mexico. The variety of stories in this wide-ranging collection are sure to fit the taste and mood and any reader interested in the human condition through the clear grace of La Farge''s timeless writing.

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