Fortune smiles : stories / Adam Johnson.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780812997477 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- ISBN: 0812997476 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- Physical Description: 304 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2015]
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Nirvana -- Hurricanes anonymous -- Interesting facts -- George Orwell was a friend of mine -- Dark meadow -- Fortune smiles. |
Summary, etc.: | "In six...stories, Johnson delves deep into love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal. 'George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine' follows a former warden of a Stasi prison in East Germany who vehemently denies his past, even as pieces of it are delivered in packages to his door. 'Nirvana' portrays a programmer whose wife has a rare disease finding solace in a digital simulacrum of the president of the United States. In 'Hurricanes Anonymous' a young man searches for the mother of his son in a Louisiana devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. And in the...title story, Johnson returns to his signature subject, North Korea, depicting two defectors from Pyongyang who are trying to adapt to their new lives in Seoul, while one cannot forget the woman he left behind"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Genre: | Short stories. |
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- 15 of 15 copies available at Bibliomation.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Bethel Public Library | F JOHNSON (Text) | 34030131939115 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Chester Public Library | JOH (Text) | 33210000356408 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village | F Joh (Text) | 33180133768136 | Adult Fiction - First Floor | Available | - |
Easton Public Library | STORIES JOHNSON, ADAM (Text) | 37777123546293 | Adult Short Stories | Available | - |
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | FIC JOHNSON,A (Text) | 34026132536074 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Gunn Memorial Library - Washington | FIC JOH (Text) | 34055131999751 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Howard Whittemore Library - Naugatuck | FIC JOHNSON, ADAM (Text) | 34027132427272 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Kent Library Association - Kent | F JOH (Text) | 33410129602936 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Milford Public Library | JOHNSON Adam (Text) | 34013077289588 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Norfolk Library | FIC JOH (Text) | 36058010225726 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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