An edition of Birds of America (1998)

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An edition of Birds of America (1998)

Birds of America

stories

  • 3.50 ·
  • 4 Ratings
  • 29 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 7 Have read

Twelve stories on human relations. In Charades, a traditional family game on Christmas turns sour when the charades hit too close to home, while in Agnes of Iowa, a woman's ambition to be worldly remains unfulfilled by an encounter with a poet from Africa.

Description: 291 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Willing --
Which is more than I can say about some people --
Dance in America --
Community life --
Agnes of Iowa --
Charades --
Four calling birds, three French hens --
Beautiful grade --
What you want to do fine --
Real estate --
People like that are the only people here: canonical babbling in peed onk --
Terrific mother.
Responsibility: by Lorrie Moore.
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Publisher
Faber and Faber
Language
English
Pages
291

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Birds of America
Birds of America: Stories; Library Edition
Jun 25, 2019, Blackstone Pub, Blackstone Publishing
audio cd
Cover of: Birds of America
Birds of America: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)
January 12, 2010, Vintage
Paperback
Cover of: Birds of America
Birds of America
2010, Faber & Faber
paperback
Cover of: Déroutes
Déroutes: nouvelles
2003, Payot & Rivages
in French
Cover of: Was man von einigen Leuten nicht behaupten kann. Storys.
Was man von einigen Leuten nicht behaupten kann. Storys.
July 1, 2002, Berliner Taschenbuchverlag
Paperback
Cover of: Pájaros de América
Pájaros de América
2000, Emecé
- 2ª ed.
Cover of: Es Mas de Lo Que Puedo Decir de Cierta Gente
Es Mas de Lo Que Puedo Decir de Cierta Gente
June 1999, Emece Editores
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Birds of America
Birds of America
1999, Picador USA
in English - 1st Picador USA pbk. ed.
Cover of: Birds of America
Birds of America: stories
1998, A. Knopf, Distributed by Random House
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Birds of America
Birds of America: stories
1998, Faber and Faber
in English

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Table of Contents

Willing
Which is more than I can say about some people
Dance in America
Community life
Agnes of Iowa
Charades
Four calling birds, three French hens
Beautiful grade
What you want to do fine
Real estate
People like that are the only people here: canonical babbling in peed onk
Terrific mother.

Edition Notes

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3563.O6225 B57 1998b

The Physical Object

Pagination
291 pages ;
Number of pages
291

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26336795M
Internet Archive
isbn_0571195296
ISBN 10
0571195296, 0571197272
ISBN 13
9780571195299, 9780571197279
OCLC/WorldCat
41664677

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