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A Multitude of Sins
Richard Ford
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Description for A Multitude of Sins
Paperback. An illicit visit to the Grand Canyon reveals a vastness even more profound; an exacting career woman celebrates Christmas with her adamantly post-nuclear family; a couple weekending in Maine try to recapture the ardour that has disappeared, both gradually and suddenly, from their lives; and more. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
In each of these tales, master storyteller Richard Ford is drawn to the themes of intimacy, love, and their failures. An illicit visit to the Grand Canyon reveals a vastness even more profound; an exacting career woman celebrates Christmas with her adamantly post-nuclear family; a couple weekending in Maine try to recapture the ardour that has disappeared, both gradually and suddenly, from their lives; on a spring evening's drive, a young wife confesses to her husband the affair she had with the host of the dinner party they're about to join.
In each of these tales, master storyteller Richard Ford is drawn to the themes of intimacy, love, and their failures. An illicit visit to the Grand Canyon reveals a vastness even more profound; an exacting career woman celebrates Christmas with her adamantly post-nuclear family; a couple weekending in Maine try to recapture the ardour that has disappeared, both gradually and suddenly, from their lives; on a spring evening's drive, a young wife confesses to her husband the affair she had with the host of the dinner party they're about to join.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747585282
SKU
9780747585282
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Richard Ford
Richard Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1944. He has published five novels and three collections of stories, including The Sportswriter, Independence Day, Wildlife, A Multitude of Sins and most recently The Lay of the Land. Independence Day was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
Reviews for A Multitude of Sins
'Scorching ... These stories are wry, stark, and heartbreaking - and, with the quiet moral urgency at their core, make up Ford's most stinging collection to date' Elle 'Elegant, pristine, precise ... these stories are indisputable proof that Ford is a contemporary master of the short story' Esquire 'Encompasses the comedy and pathos and wit of our dislocated ... Read more