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The first thing smoking / Nelson Eubanks.
Van Pelt Library PS3555.U34 F57 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eubanks, Nelson.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, American.
- Manners and customs.
- New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- Brazil.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Brazil--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Short stories, American--African American authors.
- Short stories, American--New York (State)--New York.
- Short stories, American--Brazil.
- Short stories.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Short stories, American.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 210 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : One World/Ballantine Books, 2003.
- Summary:
- A provocative new voice in fiction that blends the urban and exotic locales of New York City and Brazil--for readers of Junot Diaz, Aleksandar Hemon, and Dan Chaon. This collection of 17 interconnected stories traces the evolution of Maceo, from impressionable adolescent to an adult black man.
- Contents:
- Avenida Atlantica
- Malta Scheffer
- Olinda
- My friend Nigel
- Novo Tiempo
- THe first thing smoking
- The man on the hospital bed
- Ninth grade
- Five-star hotel
- Uncle Raymond
- Impromptu parade
- Jeannie
- Princess
- Lighthouse
- Ilha de Itaparica
- Uptown
- A lie in seven parts.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Eubanks, Nelson. First thing smoking.
- ISBN:
- 0345451783
- 9780345451781
- OCLC:
- 52724798
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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