Fortune Smiles
by:
Adam Johnson (author)
Following his Pulitzer Prize for Fiction triumph for THE ORPHAN MASTER'S SON Adam Johnson became recognized as an American literary giant.These brand new stories from Johnson are typically comic and tender, absurd and totally universal. In post-Katrina Louisiana, a young man and his new...
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Following his Pulitzer Prize for Fiction triumph for THE ORPHAN MASTER'S SON Adam Johnson became recognized as an American literary giant.These brand new stories from Johnson are typically comic and tender, absurd and totally universal. In post-Katrina Louisiana, a young man and his new girlfriend search for the mother of his son. In Palo Alto, a computer programmer whose
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780857522979 (0857522973)
Publisher: Doubleday
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Fortune Smiles presents six short stories, each narrated by a different voice which lends authenticity to the whole. Each of the narrators on the audio does an admirable job regarding accent, tone and emphasis. The characters take on a shape and personality that the listener can identify with and un...
An eclectic mix of short stories all having intersecting themes of escape, fear, loss and nostalgia. I've never been much of a short story lover, but this book makes me think that I just haven't read many really good ones. The author seems to have the craft down perfectly, with just the right amount...
An eclectic mix of short stories all having intersecting themes of escape, fear, loss and nostalgia. I've never been much of a short story lover, but this book makes me think that I just haven't read many really good ones. The author seems to have the craft down perfectly, with just the right a...
Short stories seem to have once again surged in popularity, if one is to go by the many that have been published this year. Seems more and more novelists are either turning or returning to this form. I have never read Johnson's novel so this is my first experience with his writing and it was a succe...
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