Fortune smiles : stories
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Published
New York : Random House, [2015].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Fiction
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1 available
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Atascadero Library - Adult Fiction
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1 available
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Cambria Library - Adult Fiction
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1 available
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Cambria Library - Adult Fiction | FIC | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Random House, [2015].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
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"In six masterly 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 unforgettable 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.
Awards
National Book Award, Fiction, 2015.
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