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High Places
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The High Places: Stories
Product Code:
9781250131850
ISBN13:
9781250131850
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?HERE IS IN THESE TALES A RECURRENT ?EELING OF QUEASY ANTICIPATION,?AS ONE OF MCFARLANE? CHARACTERS OBSERVES, ?S IF SOME TERRIBLE THING MIGHT HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT.?. . . IT? A MOOD YOU ASSOCIATE WITH FLANNERY O?ONNOR, EVIDENTLY ONE OF MCFARLANE? INFLUENCES, AS WELL AS PATRICIA HIGHSMITH.?THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (EDITORS?CHOICE) Ranging from Australia to Greece, England to a Pacific island, the stories in Fiona McFarlane? story collection The High Places journey across continents, eras, and genres, charting the pivotal moments of people? lives. In ?ycenae,?a middle-aged couple embarks on a disastrous vacation in the company of old friends. In ?ood News for Modern Man,?a scientist conducts research on a small, remote island, where he is haunted by a colossal squid and the ghost of Charles Darwin. And in the title story, an Australian farmer turns to Old Testament methods to relieve a fatal drought. All are confronted with events that make them see themselves and their lives from a fresh perspective?nd what they do as a result is as unpredictable as life itself.
| Author: Fiona McFarlane |
| Publisher: Picador |
| Publication Date: May 09, 2017 |
| Number of Pages: 288 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback/Fiction |
| ISBN-10: 1250131855 |
| ISBN-13: 9781250131850 |
The High Places: Stories
$18.00
$16.81
Sale 7%
?HERE IS IN THESE TALES A RECURRENT ?EELING OF QUEASY ANTICIPATION,?AS ONE OF MCFARLANE? CHARACTERS OBSERVES, ?S IF SOME TERRIBLE THING MIGHT HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT.?. . . IT? A MOOD YOU ASSOCIATE WITH FLANNERY O?ONNOR, EVIDENTLY ONE OF MCFARLANE? INFLUENCES, AS WELL AS PATRICIA HIGHSMITH.?THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (EDITORS?CHOICE) Ranging from Australia to Greece, England to a Pacific island, the stories in Fiona McFarlane? story collection The High Places journey across continents, eras, and genres, charting the pivotal moments of people? lives. In ?ycenae,?a middle-aged couple embarks on a disastrous vacation in the company of old friends. In ?ood News for Modern Man,?a scientist conducts research on a small, remote island, where he is haunted by a colossal squid and the ghost of Charles Darwin. And in the title story, an Australian farmer turns to Old Testament methods to relieve a fatal drought. All are confronted with events that make them see themselves and their lives from a fresh perspective?nd what they do as a result is as unpredictable as life itself.
| Author: Fiona McFarlane |
| Publisher: Picador |
| Publication Date: May 09, 2017 |
| Number of Pages: 288 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback/Fiction |
| ISBN-10: 1250131855 |
| ISBN-13: 9781250131850 |
