Denis Johnson
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories contemplates subjects ranging from old age and mortality to the unexpected ways the mysteries of the universe manifest, depicting haunted characters trying to atone for the past, remember departed loved ones, or come to terms with lifelong obsessions.
7) Fiskadoro
Author
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
The sweeping and heartbreaking tale of the survivors of a devastating nuclear war and their attempts to salvage remnants of the old world and rebuild their culture.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Set in 1984 during the Nicaraguan revolution, The Stars at Noon is a story of passion, fear, and betrayal told in the voice of an American woman whose mission in Central America is as shadowy as her surroundings. Is she a reporter for an American magazine, as she sometimes claims, or a contact person for the antiwar group Eyes of Peace? And who is the rough English businessman she begins an affair with? The two foreigners become entangled in sinister...
10) Train dreams
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of early twentieth-century day laborer Robert Grainer, who endures the harrowing loss of his family while struggling for survival in the American West against a backdrop of radical historical changes.
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A selection of the best and most representative contemporary American short fiction from 1970 to 2020, including such authors as Ursula K. LeGuin, Toni Cade Bambara, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sandra Cisneros, and Ted Chiang, hand-selected by celebrated editor and anthologist John Freeman."-- Provided by publisher.