One of Americaâ€™s premier writers, the bestselling author of Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, The Book of Daniel, and Worldâ€™s Fair turns his astonishing narrative powers to the

Sweet Land Stories

One of Americaâ€™s premier writers, the bestselling author of Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, The Book of Daniel, and Worldâ€™s Fair turns his astonishing narrative powers to the short story in five dazzling explorations of who we are as a people and how we live.

Ranging over the American continent from Alaska to Washington, D.C., these superb short works are crafted with all the weight and resonance of the novels for which E. L. Doctorow is famous. You will find yourself set down in a mysterious redbrick townhouse in rural Illinois (â€œA House on the Plainsâ€), working things out with a baby-kidnapping couple in California (â€œBaby Wilsonâ€), living on a religious-cult commune in Kansas (â€œWalter John Harmonâ€), and sharing the heartrending cross-country journey of a young woman navigating her way through three bad marriages to a kind of bruised but resolute independence (â€œJolene: A Lifeâ€). And in the stunning â€œChild, Dead, in the Rose Garden,â€ you will witness a special agent of the FBI finding himself at a personal crossroads while investigating a grave breach of White House security.

Two of these stories have already won awards as the best fiction of the year published in American periodicals, and two have been chosen for annual best-story anthologies.
Composed in a variety of moods and voices, these remarkable portrayals of the American spiritual landscape show a modern master at the height of his powers.
Country USA
Brand Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0812971779_used
Color White
ReleaseDate 2005-05-10
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812971774

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0812971779_used
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2005-05-10
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812971774

Sweet Land Stories

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