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Café Carolina and Other Stories

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Stories in the American grain Written over a span of three decades, these twelve short stories by Jefferson Flanders explore themes of memory, family, faith, and love against a distinctly American landscape. Café Carolina and Other Stories offers the reader the varied worlds of its memorable characters. A waitress in a small-town restaurant invents a romantic backstory for the secretive couple in the last booth. A burnt-out relief worker returns from Africa to find himself drawn to the New England landscape of his childhood. A retired military aviator clashes over Cold War politics with the guests at a Princeton dinner party. A preacher's son visits Jerusalem on a pilgrimage that his father hopes will revive his faith. With humor and compassion these stories address the simple joys and complex challenges of life at century's turn.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780988784024
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 140
  • Udgivet:
  • 28. december 2012
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x8 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 195 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: 2-3 uger
Forventet levering: 11. december 2024

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Stories in the American grain
Written over a span of three decades, these twelve short stories by Jefferson Flanders explore themes of memory, family, faith, and love against a distinctly American landscape.
Café Carolina and Other Stories offers the reader the varied worlds of its memorable characters. A waitress in a small-town restaurant invents a romantic backstory for the secretive couple in the last booth. A burnt-out relief worker returns from Africa to find himself drawn to the New England landscape of his childhood. A retired military aviator clashes over Cold War politics with the guests at a Princeton dinner party. A preacher's son visits Jerusalem on a pilgrimage that his father hopes will revive his faith.
With humor and compassion these stories address the simple joys and complex challenges of life at century's turn.

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