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Pantheon (2006), Hardcover, 480 pages
Description
"The masterly stories of Mary Gordon return us to the pleasure of this writer?s craft and to her monumental talent as an observer of character and of the ever-fading American Dream. These pieces encompass the pre- and postwar Irish American family life she circles in the early Temporary Shelter series, as well as a wealth of new fiction that brings her contemporary characters into middle age; it is their turn to face bodily decline, mortality, and the more complex anxieties of modern life. Gordon captures the sharp scent of feelings as they shift, the shape of particular lives in their hope and incomprehensibility"--Publisher website (March 2007).
Awards
The Story Prize (Winner — 2006)
The New York Times Notable Books of the Year (Fiction & Poetry — 2006)
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Physical description
480 p.; 9.46 inches
ISBN
0375423168 / 9780375423161