Beneath the earth
stories
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Word Count
67,000 words, Guess
Page Count
268 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL28246880M
- Internet Archivebeneathearthstor0000boyn_j6c2
- Internet Archivebeneathearthstor0000boyn
- ISBN-100857523406
- ISBN-139780857523402
and 10 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2014482726
- Better World BooksKO-941-792
- Better World Books9780857523419
- Better World BooksKO-636-166
- Better World BooksKO-547-511
- Better World BooksKO-834-699
- Better World BooksKP-028-847
- Better World BooksKO-774-664
- Better World BooksKP-076-994
- Better World BooksKP-015-524
Classifications
- DDC823.6
- LCCPR6102.O96 A6 2015
- LCCPR6102.O96
Description
In this collection of twelve dark, unerring and surprising short stories, John Boyne explores the extremities of the human condition in all its brilliance and brutality. The secrets we keep and the ways in which they shape us, the impossibility of shared loss, the lengths we will go to in order to protect our families and the distance we will run to protect ourselves. Drawing on a host of enthralling characters - a farmer, a cuckold and a teenager exploring his sexuality; good parents, bad parents, writers and soldiers; a student, a rent boy and a hitman - Boyne examines the hopeful and the damaged without prejudice or judgement. This, his first collection of short stories, is some of John Boyne's finest writing to date. It includes 'Rest Day' which won the 2015 Writing.ie Short Story of the Year award in Ireland.
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Other Editions
- Beneath the earth: stories
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