"Precise, moving writinga powerful and compelling collection."Joseph Hurka, author ofFields of Light
"The unadorned sentences often reach a conclusion whose truth makes you catch your breath. This unpretentious book is the work of a master."Edith Pearlman, National Book Award finalist
"One of the most compelling stories published [by the Yale Review]. . . . A thoughtful, reflective, sensitive, and graceful work."Kai Erikson, former editor,The Yale Review
These are stories of unexpected encounters far from home, told with a vivid sense of place. A white man with more wives than money becomes Africa's least-competent thief, two Americans contemplate love's costs and possibilities in Mexico's mountains, a seasick missionary bumps into God on the equator. George Rosen's characters seek, and sometimes find, a reality in which "everywhere, there is something remarkable."
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Anbieter: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, USA
Zustand: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Artikel-Nr. 00078874522
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Anbieter: Round Table Books, LLC, Gurnee, IL, USA
Soft Cover. Zustand: As New. First Printing. Publisher's glossy wraps. Rosen's seven tales find characters coping with everyday realitieslove, death, parenthood, and faithas well as wide-ranging internal observations and provocations large and small. In the tender A Second Language, Albert Benson ventures to Oaxaca, Mexico, to immerse himself in the country and take Spanish lessons. While there, he meets Maria, who is accompanying her elderly mother on vacation, and the two form a meandering relationship that reawakens the prospects of love as well as its haunting memories. The title tale follows a mission boat on its way to Africa in the mid-1800s. When one missionary becomes seasick, he begins to reconsider his connection to God as well as his intentions to fulfill his service, much to the chagrin of his fellow missionaries. With A Good White Hunter, a displaced Englishman living in Africa finds himself unintentionally married to three women. Unable to pay for his many children's school fees, he attempts a slipshod robbery of his employer's store. Settings fluctuate between Africa, Mexico, and New England, incorporating varied textures of landscape and culture within Rosen's measured stories. --Leah Strauss. "Energetic and lovingly described stories . . . . Rosen is a yarn spinner in the best sense of the word." --Publishers Weekly . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. AS NEW. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 160 pp. Artikel-Nr. 14810
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Anbieter: Round Table Books, LLC, Gurnee, IL, USA
Soft Cover. Zustand: As New. First Printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's glossy wraps. Rosen's seven tales find characters coping with everyday realitieslove, death, parenthood, and faithas well as wide-ranging internal observations and provocations large and small. In the tender A Second Language, Albert Benson ventures to Oaxaca, Mexico, to immerse himself in the country and take Spanish lessons. While there, he meets Maria, who is accompanying her elderly mother on vacation, and the two form a meandering relationship that reawakens the prospects of love as well as its haunting memories. The title tale follows a mission boat on its way to Africa in the mid-1800s. When one missionary becomes seasick, he begins to reconsider his connection to God as well as his intentions to fulfill his service, much to the chagrin of his fellow missionaries. With A Good White Hunter, a displaced Englishman living in Africa finds himself unintentionally married to three women. Unable to pay for his many children's school fees, he attempts a slipshod robbery of his employer's store. Settings fluctuate between Africa, Mexico, and New England, incorporating varied textures of landscape and culture within Rosen's measured stories. --Leah Strauss. "Energetic and lovingly described stories . . . . Rosen is a yarn spinner in the best sense of the word." --Publishers Weekly . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. NEW. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 160 pp. Signed by Author. Artikel-Nr. 21049
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Anbieter: Round Table Books, LLC, Gurnee, IL, USA
Soft Cover. Zustand: As New. 1st Edition. First Printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Publisher's glossy wraps. Rosen's seven tales find characters coping with everyday realitieslove, death, parenthood, and faithas well as wide-ranging internal observations and provocations large and small. In the tender A Second Language, Albert Benson ventures to Oaxaca, Mexico, to immerse himself in the country and take Spanish lessons. While there, he meets Maria, who is accompanying her elderly mother on vacation, and the two form a meandering relationship that reawakens the prospects of love as well as its haunting memories. The title tale follows a mission boat on its way to Africa in the mid-1800s. When one missionary becomes seasick, he begins to reconsider his connection to God as well as his intentions to fulfill his service, much to the chagrin of his fellow missionaries. With A Good White Hunter, a displaced Englishman living in Africa finds himself unintentionally married to three women. Unable to pay for his many children's school fees, he attempts a slipshod robbery of his employer's store. Settings fluctuate between Africa, Mexico, and New England, incorporating varied textures of landscape and culture within Rosen's measured stories. --Leah Strauss. "Energetic and lovingly described stories . . . . Rosen is a yarn spinner in the best sense of the word." --Publishers Weekly . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. AS NEW. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 160 pp. Signed by Author. Artikel-Nr. 27199
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Anbieter: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 160 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. Artikel-Nr. x-1935248316
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Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New. Über den AutorrnrnGeorge Rosen was born in Chicago and educated at Harvard. He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kenya, which served as the setting for his 1990 novel, Black Money (Scarborough House), called by Kirkus Reviews a sophistic. Artikel-Nr. 905857294
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