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- The Whole World at Once: Stories
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: West Virginia University Press
summary
The Whole World at Once is a collection of intense stories about the experience of loss. A soldier returns home from multiple tours only to begin planting landmines in the field behind his house; kids chase a ghost story up country roads only to become one themselves; one girl copes with the anniversary of her sister’s disappearance during the agricultural fair, while another girl searches for understanding after seeing the picture of a small boy washed onto a beach.
Dark, strange beauties, all of the stories in The Whole World at Once follow the lives of people grappling with what it means to live in a world with death.
Dark, strange beauties, all of the stories in The Whole World at Once follow the lives of people grappling with what it means to live in a world with death.
Table of Contents
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- The Boy Who Walks
- pp. 30-47
- The Boy in the Red Shirt
- pp. 48-53
- When the Frost Comes
- pp. 54-79
- This Bomb My Heart
- pp. 80-115
- The Lightning Tree
- pp. 145-162
- The Missing Time
- pp. 163-203
- The Wandering House
- pp. 204-236
- Acknowledgments and Thanks
- pp. 237-238
- Reading and Discussion Questions
- pp. 239-242
- About the Author
- pp. 243-244
Additional Information
ISBN
9781943665594
Related ISBN(s)
9781943665570, 9781943665587
MARC Record
OCLC
982026117
Pages
251
Launched on MUSE
2017-04-13
Language
English
Open Access
No