Grandpa says circles are all around us. He points to the rainbow that rises high in the sky after a thundercloud has come. "Can you see? That's only half of the circle. That rest of it is down below, in the earth." He and his granddaughter meditate on gardens and seeds, on circles seen and unseen, i
All Around Atlantis: Stories
โ Scribed by Eisenberg, Deborah
- Book ID
- 108077821
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 168 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781429906548
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โฆ Synopsis
Deborah Eisenberg's deeply etched and mysterious stories focus on individuals grappling with dislocations, ironies, and compromises levied by ordinary reality and the vivid, troubling worlds her characters inhabit. With lyrical and gleaming prose, Eisenberg pries open daily life to explore the hidden mechanisms of human behavior.
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