Edition |
Large print edition. |
Description |
371 pages (large print) ; 22 cm. |
Physical Medium |
large print. rda |
Series |
Thorndike Press large print core |
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Thorndike Press large print core series.
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Summary |
Presents a collection of short stories originally commissioned by "The New York Times Magazine" as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, from twenty-nine authors including Margaret Atwood, Tommy Orange, Edwidge Danticat, and more, in a project inspired by Boccaccio's "The Decameron." |
Contents |
Preface / Caitlin Roper -- Introduction / Rivka Galchen -- Recognition / Victor LaValle -- A blue sky like this / Mona Awad -- The walk / Kamila Shamsie -- Tales from the LA. River / Colm Tóibín -- Clinical notes / Liz Moore -- The team / Tommy Orange -- The rock / Leïla Slimani -- Impatient Griselda / Margaret Atwood -- Under the magnolia / Yiyun Li -- Outside / Etgar Keret -- Keepsakes / Andrew O'Hagan -- The girl with the big red suitcase / Rachel Kushner -- The morningside / Téa Obreht -- Screen time / Alejandro Zambra -- How we used to play / Dinaw Mengestu -- Line 19 Woodstock/Glisan / Karen Russell -- If wishes was horses / David Mitchell -- Systems / Charles Yu -- The perfect travel buddy / Paolo Giordano -- An obliging robber / Mia Couto -- Sleep / Uzodinma Iweala -- The cellar / Dina Nayeri -- That time at my brother's wedding / Laila Lalami -- The time of death, the death of time / Julián Fuks -- Prudent girls / Rivers Solomon -- Origin story / Matthew Baker -- To the wall / Esi Edugyan -- Barcelona: open city / John Wray -- One thing / Edwidge Danticat. |
Subject |
Large type books.
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COVID-19 (Disease) -- Fiction.
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Short stories, American.
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FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors).
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FICTION / Disaster.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General.
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COVID-19 (Disease) (OCoLC)fst01984643
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Short stories, American. (OCoLC)fst01117064
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Genre/Form |
Large type books.
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Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Short stories.
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Added Author |
LaValle, Victor, 1972-
Recognition.
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Awad, Mona.
Blue sky like this.
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Shamsie, Kamila, 1973-
Walk.
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Tóibín, Colm, 1955-
Tales from the L.A. River.
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Moore, Liz, 1983-
Clinical notes.
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Orange, Tommy, 1982-
Team.
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Slimani, Leïla, 1981-
Rock.
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Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
Impatient Griselda.
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Li, Yiyun, 1972-
Under the magnolia.
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Keret, Etgar, 1967-
Outside.
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O'Hagan, Andrew, 1968-
Keepsakes.
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Kushner, Rachel.
Girl with big red suitcase.
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Obreht, Téa.
Morningside.
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Zambra, Alejandro, 1975-
Screen time.
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Mengestu, Dinaw, 1978-
How we used to play.
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Russell, Karen, 1981-
Line 19 Woodstock/Glisan.
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Mitchell, David (David Stephen).
If wishes was horses.
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Yu, Charles, 1976-
Systems.
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Giordano, Paolo, 1982-
Perfect travel buddy.
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Couto, Mia, 1955-
Obliging Robber.
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Iweala, Uzodinma.
Sleep.
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Nayeri, Dina.
Cellar.
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Lalami, Laila, 1968-
That time at my brother's wedding.
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Fuks, Julián.
Time of death, the death of time.
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Solomon, Rivers.
Prudent girls.
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Baker, Matthew, 1985-
Origin story.
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Edugyan, Esi.
To the wall.
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Wray, John, 1971-
Barcelona: Open city.
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Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-
One thing.
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Added Title |
New York times.
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ISBN |
9781432886769 (large print) (hardcover) |
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1432886762 (large print) (hardcover) |
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