| All Aunt Hagar's Children Contributor(s): Jones, Edward P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060853514 ISBN-13: 9780060853518 Publisher: Harper OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: Edward P. Jones, a prodigy of the short story, returns to the form that first won him praise in this new collection of stories, All Aunt Hagar's Children. Here he turns an unflinching eye to the men, women, and children caught between the old ways of the South and the temptations that await them in the city, people who in Jones's masterful hands emerge as fully human and morally complex. With the legacy of slavery just a stone's throw behind them and the future uncertain, Jones's cornucopia of characters will haunt readers for years to come. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Family Life - Marriage & Divorce - Fiction | Sea Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.39" H x 6.3" W x 8.92" (1.70 lbs) 656 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Washington, D.C. - Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
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| Publisher Description: Edward P. Jones, a prodigy of the short story, returns to the form that first won him praise in this new collection of stories, All Aunt Hagar's Children. Here he turns an unflinching eye to the men, women, and children caught between the old ways of the South and the temptations that await them in the city, people who in Jones's masterful hands emerge as fully human and morally complex. With the legacy of slavery just a stone's throw behind them and the future uncertain, Jones's cornucopia of characters will haunt readers for years to come. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jones, Edward P.: - Edward P. Jones, the New York Times bestselling author, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, for fiction, the National Book Critics Circle award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Lannan Literary Award for The Known World; he also received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2004. His first collection of stories, Lost in the City, won the PEN/Hemingway Award and was short listed for the National Book Award. His second collection, All Aunt Hagar's Children, was a finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award. He has been an instructor of fiction writing at a range of universities, including Princeton. He lives in Washington, D.C. |