A registry of my passage upon the earth : stories
Record details
- ISBN: 031647763X
- ISBN: 9780316477635
-
Physical Description:
vii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Death of the pugilist, or the famous battle of Jacob Burke & Blindman McGraw -- The ecstasy of Alfred Russel Wallace -- For the Union dead -- The second doctor service -- The miraculous discovery of Psammetichus I -- On growing ferns and other plants in glass cases, in the midst of the smoke of London -- The line agent Pascal -- On the cause of winds and waves, &c -- A registry of my passage upon the earth. |
Summary, etc.: | "On a fateful flight, a balloonist makes a discovery that changes her life forever. A telegraph operator finds an unexpected companion in the middle of the Amazon. A doctor is beset by seizures, in which he is possessed by a second, perhaps better, version of himself. And in Regency London, a bare-knuckle fighter prepares to face his most fearsome opponent, while a young mother seeks a miraculous cure for her ailing son."--Provided by publisher. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Short stories |
Genre: | Short stories. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 4 of 6 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rowayton Library. (Show)
Holds
- 1 current hold with 6 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rowayton Library | F MAS (Text) | 33625122831659 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | F MASON, D. (Text) | 32544072599730 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | FIC MAS (Text) | 34014147256565 | Adult Fiction | In transit | - |
Deep River Public Library | F Maso (Text) | 36039001191747 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Norfolk Library | FIC MAS (Text) | 36058010279905 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/15/2024 |
Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | SHSTOR FIC MASON, D (Text) | 34005148694028 | Adult Short Stories | Available | - |
A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth : Stories
Click an element below to view details:
Summary
A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth : Stories
A Pulitzer Prize Finalist: This collection of moving short stories is "a treasure trove of lush scene setting in faraway times and places" (Alexis Burling, San Francisco Chronicle ). On a fateful flight, a balloonist makes a discovery that changes her life forever. A telegraph operator finds an unexpected companion in the middle of the Amazon. A doctor is beset by seizures, in which he is possessed by a second, perhaps better, version of himself. And in Regency London, a bare-knuckle fighter prepares to face his most fearsome opponent, while a young mother seeks a miraculous cure for her ailing son. At times funny and irreverent, always moving and deeply urgent, these stories--among them a National Magazine Award and a Pushcart Prize winner--cap a fifteen-year project. From the Nile's depths to the highest reaches of the atmosphere, from volcano-racked islands to an asylum on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, these are tales of ecstasy, epiphany, and what the New York Times Magazine called the "struggle for survival . . . hand to hand, word to word," by "one of the finest prose stylists in American fiction." A Library Journal Best Book of 2020