Displaying 1 of 1 2017 Title: The world to come : stories / Jim Shepard. Author: Shepard, Jim, author. Format: Book Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. Description: 258 pages ; 22 cm Summary: "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. Subjects: Families -- Fiction. Genre: Short stories. Other Title: Short stories. Selections Notes: "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. Contents: Safety tips for living alone -- Wall-to-wall connseling -- HMS terror -- Cretan love song -- The world to come -- The ocean of air -- Positive train control -- Telemachuts -- Forcing joy on young people -- Intimacy. ISBN: 9781524731809 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 0 # Local items in: 0 # System items in: 1 Reserve Please select and request a specific volume by clicking one of the icons in the 'Availability' section below. Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Suggestions and more Author Biography JIM SHEPARD is the author of seven novels and four previous story collections. He lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with his wife, three children, and three beagles. He teaches at Williams College. - (Random House, Inc.) Large Cover Image Librarian's View Map It Displaying 1 of 1
