Lost in the City - Softcover

Jones, Edward P

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060566280 ISBN 13: 9780060566289

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2003

Synopsis

The nation's capital that serves as the setting for the stories in Edward P. Jones's prizewinning collection, Lost in the City, lies far from the city of historic monuments and national politicians. Jones takes the reader beyond that world into the lives of African American men and women who work against the constant threat of loss to maintain a sense of hope. From "The Girl Who Raised Pigeons" to the well-to-do career woman awakened in the night by a phone call that will take her on a journey back to the past, the characters in these stories forge bonds of community as they struggle against the limits of their city to stave off the loss of family, friends, memories, and, ultimately, themselves.

Critically acclaimed upon publication, Lost in the City introduced Jones as an undeniable talent, a writer whose unaffected style is not only evocative and forceful but also filled with insight and poignancy.

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Review:

"Original and arresting..[Jones's] stories will touch chords of empathy and recognition in all readers." -- Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

"Poignant.Gripping.[Jones] has a careful ear for dialogue." -- Washington Times

"A powerful fiction debut." -- New York Times

"[A] powerful.generous.collection." -- USA Today

A powerful fiction debut. --New York Times

Original and arresting .[Jones s] stories will touch chords of empathy and recognition in all readers. --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

[A] powerful generous collection. --USA Today

Poignant Gripping [Jones] has a careful ear for dialogue. --Washington Times

Although these experiences will be unfamiliar to many readers, Jones instills humanity in his characters and stories. --Library Journal

Jones writes knowingly....His insightful portraits...make this a poignant and promising first effort. --Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Edward P. Jones, the New York Times bestselling author, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, for fiction, the National Book Critics Circle award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Lannan Literary Award for The Known World; he also received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2004. His first collection of stories, Lost in the City, won the PEN/Hemingway Award and was short listed for the National Book Award. His second collection, All Aunt Hagar's Children, was a finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award. He has been an instructor of fiction writing at a range of universities, including Princeton. He lives in Washington, D.C.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060566280
• ISBN 13: 9780060566289
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 243