Esther Stories
by Orner, Peter
- Used
- Near Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine/NOT ISSUED
- Seller
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Armada, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Mariner Books, 2001. Trade Paperback Paperback. NEAR FINE/NOT ISSUED. • Binding: Trade Paperback • Revision: Advanced Reader Copy • 2001 • Clean tight pages. Light edgewear. •
Synopsis
Peter Orner explores the impact of life’s essential moments, those brief but far-reaching occasions that haunt his characters. The discovery of a crime, a theatrical performance in a small town, or the recollection of a cruel wartime decision are equally affecting in Orner’s vivid scenarios. Esther Stories is divided into four distinct parts, each with its own momentum. The first half of the book concerns the lives of unrelated strangers, and the second introduces two Jewish families, one on the East Coast, the other in the Midwest. These stories cover considerable geographic ground — from Nova Scotia to Mississippi, from Fall River, Massachusetts, to Chicago — but the real territory is emotional. As the narrator of the title story tries to piece together his late aunt Esther’s life from the fragments of stories told about her, he remembers what she told him in a dark kitchen when he was a child: “You pay for everything. When you think you’re getting something for free — remember this — you’ll pay later.” All thirty-two wide-ranging pieces — funny or sorrowful, urban or rural, simple or innovative — are welcome additions to the art of the story.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Squirreled Away Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10010362
- Title
- Esther Stories
- Author
- Orner, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- NOT ISSUED
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- GENERAL FICTION
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About the Seller
Squirreled Away Books
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Armada, Michigan
About Squirreled Away Books
Squirreled Away Books is a new, used & rare bookstore in the heart of Michigan's thumb. All of our items are individually appraised, described, photographed and stored on-site so they can ship out fast! We're fiercely independent and fairly wacky, but we're always serious about the books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
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