Emporium (Paperback)
| Author: Adam Johnson |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
ISBN-10: 0142001953
ISBN-13: 9780142001950
Sku: 31098334
Publish Date: 4/10/2007
Dimensions:
(in Inches) 7.75H x 5L x 0.5T
Pages:
256
Age Range:
22 to UP
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| A powerful debut collection of stories centers around loss, loneliness, and abandonment, following such unforgettable characters as a father who searches for his troubled son in a zoo, a cancer victim who controls a satellite, and a sniper who trains his scope on the girl of his dreams. Reprint. *Author: Johnson, Adam *Publication Date: 2003/04/01 *Number of Pages: 256 *Binding Type: Paperbound *Language: English *Depth: 0.50 *Width: 5.00 *Height: 7.75 |
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A powerful debut collection of stories centers around loss, loneliness, and abandonment, following such unforgettable characters as a father who searches for his troubled son in a zoo, a cancer victim who controls a satellite, and a sniper who trains his scope on the girl of his dreams. Reprint. |
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In Adam Johnson's first collection of stories, a father roams a zoo after hours looking for his son, a group of Canadian scientists plot to send a fur trapper to the moon, a bizarre shooting takes place in a K-Mart, a teenage sniper squad attacks corporate employees, and a cancer victim has strange powers.
In Adam Johnson's first collection of stories, a father roams a zoo after hours looking for his son, a group of Canadian scientists plot to send a fur trapper to the moon, a bizarre shooting takes place in a K-Mart, a teenage sniper squad attacks corporate employees, and a cancer victim has strange powers.
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Kirkus Reviews
"A debut collection of nine very odd tales that stretch the bounds of storytelling....The weirdest possible blend of Kenneth Patchen, Max Apple, and Tom Clancy." 02/01/2002 New York Times
"Mr. Johnson delineates these lives with a mixture of wry amusement and genuine sympathy, satiric glee and elegaic compassion, seemingly contradictory attitudes that combine to create an idiosyncratic and compelling voice." - Michiko Kakutani 04/02/2002 New Yorker
"[A] remarkable debut collection....Johnson's heroes are isolated and alienated, but are capable of feeling just the right emotion at just the right time." 04/22/2002
"A debut collection of nine very odd tales that stretch the bounds of storytelling....The weirdest possible blend of Kenneth Patchen, Max Apple, and Tom Clancy." 02/01/2002 New York Times
"Mr. Johnson delineates these lives with a mixture of wry amusement and genuine sympathy, satiric glee and elegaic compassion, seemingly contradictory attitudes that combine to create an idiosyncratic and compelling voice." - Michiko Kakutani 04/02/2002 New Yorker
"[A] remarkable debut collection....Johnson's heroes are isolated and alienated, but are capable of feeling just the right emotion at just the right time." 04/22/2002
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