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Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

01.10.2013

Verlag

Random House N.Y.

Seitenzahl

432

Maße (L/B/H)

20,8/13,9/3,2 cm

Gewicht

472 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-60980-497-8

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

01.10.2013

Verlag

Random House N.Y.

Seitenzahl

432

Maße (L/B/H)

20,8/13,9/3,2 cm

Gewicht

472 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-60980-497-8

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

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  • CONTENTS

    Preface.................................................................... 15

    The Vast Difference....................................... 17

    Alligator Story ............................................................................. 19 
    The Vast Difference.................................................................. 25
    The Birdbath ............................................................................... 29
    Real Bandits ................................................................................ 33
    The Red Stuebaker ................................................................ 36
    The Trumpet................................................................................40
    Unspoken ..................................................................................... 44
    Haircut ........................................................................................... 48
    The Invention of Rock ’n’ Roll................................................ 51 Infantry.......................................................................................... 54
    Drifting Down the Old Whangpoo......................................57
    The Wicked of the Earth........................................................60
    Christmas Is Not For Everyone............................................ 63

    Memories from a Sinking Ship.............. 65

    Memories from a Sinking Ship ............................................. 67
    A Good Man to Know..............................................................70
    The Forgotten .............................................................................73
    Mrs. Kashfi.................................................................................... 76
    The Old Country........................................................................ 79
    The Monster ................................................................................. 81
    The Ciné........................................................................................ 82
    Dark Mink ..................................................................................... 86
    Nanny ............................................................................................ 89
    Island in the Sun ......................................................................... 91
    An Eye on the Alligators ........................................................ 94
    The Piano Lesson......................................................................96
    The Lost Tribe............................................................................. 97
    The Lost Christmas...................................................................101
    My Catechism............................................................................103
    Sunday Paper ........................................................................... 106
    The Origin of Truth ................................................................. 108
    The Trophy...................................................................................112
    The Aerodynamics of an Irishman......................................117
    A Rainy Day at the Nortown Theater................................119
    Renoir’s Chemin montant dans les hautes herbes ....... 121
    Forever After ............................................................................. 122
    The Mason-Dixon Line............................................................125
    The Wedding ............................................................................. 128
    The Pitcher .................................................................................129
    A Place in the Sun.....................................................................131
    The Winner.................................................................................133
    The God of Birds ...................................................................... 137
    Sundays and Tibor.................................................................. 140
    Poor Children of Israel ...........................................................143
    The Man Who Wanted to Get the Bad Taste
    of the World Out of His Mouth.....................................145
    Johnny Across...........................................................................148
    The Secret of Little White Dove.........................................154 
    The Delivery...............................................................................158 
    The Deep Blue See ................................................................. 160 
    Radio Goldberg ........................................................................162
    Why Skull Dorfman Went to Arkansas............................166 
    Wanted Man...............................................................................170
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    The Bucharest Prize ................................................................ 174 
    Blows with Sticks Raining Hard..........................................177 
    The Chinaman ............................................................................181 
    The End of Racism...................................................................183 
    Way Down in Egypt Land.....................................................187 
    Bad Things Wrong....................................................................191 
    Detente at the Flying Horse.................................................194 Shattered.....................................................................................198
    A Day’s Worth of Beauty .................................................... 200 
    The Peterson Fire................................................................... 204 
    Door to the River ................................................................... 206 
    Sailing in the Sea of Red He Sees a
    Black Ship on the Horizon..............................................210

    Wyoming............................................................. 213

    Cobratown .................................................................................. 215
    Chinese Down the Amazon..................................................218 
    Bandages ....................................................................................219 
    Soul Talk ..................................................................................... 223 Skylark......................................................................................... 225 
    Flamingos ..................................................................................228 
    Wyoming ....................................................................................230 
    Saving the Planet....................................................................232 
    A Nice Day on the Ocean .................................................... 233 
    Perfect Spanish........................................................................235 
    Seconds ...................................................................................... 237
    Roy’s World...............................................................................239 Nomads....................................................................................... 242 
    Ducks on the Pond.................................................................245
    Sound of the River..................................................................247
    Red Highway.............................................................................249
    Lucky ............................................................................................ 251 
    K.C. So Far (Seconds/Alternate Take).............................253 
    Concertina Locomotion........................................................255 
    Imagine .......................................................................................256
    The Geography of Heaven...................................................258 
    Man and Fate ........................................................................... 260
    Where Osceola Lives.............................................................262 
    The Crime of Pass Christian................................................264 
    Cool Breeze...............................................................................267 
    Night Owl...................................................................................269
    Islamorada .................................................................................270
    On the Arm................................................................................ 273 
    Look Out Below....................................................................... 275 
    The Up and Up.........................................................................277
    Black Space.............................................................................. 280
    Fear and Desire........................................................................282
    God’s Tornado..........................................................................284

    Sad Stories of the Death of Kings.... 287

    The Age of Fable.....................................................................289 
    The Great Failure......................................................................291 Irredeemable............................................................................. 293 
    Sad Stories of the Death of Kings ....................................296 
    The Sultan.................................................................................300 
    The Liberian Condition ........................................................ 304 
    Six Million and One.................................................................307 
    War and Peace...........................................................................311
    Chop Suey Joint .......................................................................314
    Significance ................................................................................ 318
    Einstein’s Son............................................................................320 
    The Albanian Florist...............................................................324
    The Weeper...............................................................................328 
    The Swedish Bakery................................................................331 
    The Man Who Swallowed the World...............................335 
    Ghost Ship ................................................................................ 340 
    Caca Negra................................................................................343
    Roy’s First Car..........................................................................347 
    El Carterista...............................................................................350 
    Crime and Punishment .........................................................354 
    The American Language......................................................357
    Lonely Are the Brave ............................................................ 360
    Force of Evil..............................................................................364 
    The Choice.................................................................................367
    Bad Girls ...................................................................................... 371
    The Sudden Demise of Sharkface Bensky.....................376 
    Portrait of the Artist with Four Other Guys................. 380
    The Starving Dogs of Little Croatia.................................383 
    In the Land of the Dead........................................................387
    The Secret of the Universe..................................................389
    Far from Anywhere .................................................................391
    Rain in the Distance ...............................................................395
    Bad Night at the Del Prado.................................................398
    The Theory of the Leisure Class ....................................... 403
    Innamorata ............................................................................... 406
    The Exception ......................................................................... 409
    Close Encounters of the Right Kind .................................413
    Blue People ................................................................................418
    Call of the Wild ....................................................................... 420
    Arabian Nights .........................................................................424
    Last Plane out of Chungking..............................................426
    The Vanished Gardens of Córdoba..................................428
    Benediction ...............................................................................429