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Twelve post-war tales / Graham Swift.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Swift Twelve
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swift, Graham, 1949- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Warfare, Conventional--Fiction.
- Warfare, Conventional.
- Soldiers--Fiction.
- Soldiers.
- Veterans--Fiction.
- Veterans.
- Grief--Fiction.
- Grief.
- Genre:
- Short stories.
- War stories.
- Psychological fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- short stories.
- War fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 289 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- 12 post-war tales
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.
- Summary:
- Explores the personal reverberations of war and global crises through vivid characters, from a Jewish soldier searching for lost family after WWII to a retired doctor revisiting formative memories during a pandemic, blending humor, grief, and grace.
- Contents:
- The next best thing
- Blushes
- Chocolate
- Beauty
- Zoo
- Hinges
- Fireworks
- Kids
- Black
- Palace
- Bruises
- Passport.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780593803387
- 0593803388
- OCLC:
- 1517296574
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