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People want to live : stories / Farah Ali.
Van Pelt Library PS3601.L55 P4 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ali, Farah, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pakistan--Fiction.
- Pakistan.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- 222 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : McSweeney's, [2021]
- Summary:
- Set primarily in Pakistan, these award-winning stories follow people living on the brink of abandonment - in their personal relationships and their place in the world.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Heroes
- Bulletproof Bus
- Tourism
- Beautiful
- Foreigners
- Loved Ones
- Believers
- The Effect of Heat on Poor People
- Together
- Present Tense
- Transactions
- An Act of Charity
- The Leavers.
- Notes:
- Versions of some stories in this book first appeared in the following: "Heroes" in Colorado Review; "Bulletproof Bus" in J Journal; "Tourism in the Southern Review; "Foreigners" in Ecotone; "Loved Ones" in The Arkansas International; "Believers" in Shenandoah; "The Effect of Heat on Poor People: in Kenyon Review Online: "Together" as "Close Together" in Room; "Present Tense" in Copper Nickel; "The Leavers" as "Exit for the Faithful" in Bellevue Literary Review.
- ISBN:
- 1952119294
- 9781952119293
- OCLC:
- 1236091364
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