| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxii, 402 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Part I: Messengers from elsewhere -- Angel Levine / by Bernard Malamud -- The Bowmen / by Arthur Machen -- The three hermits / by Leo Tolstoy -- The greatest gift / by Philip Van Doren Stern -- The fire balloons / by Ray Bradbury -- Markheim / by Robert Louis Stevenson -- The angel of the odd / by Edgar Allan Poe -- The selfish giant / by Oscar Wilde -- The last trump / by Isaac Asimov -- A very old man with enormous wings / by Gabriel García Márquez -- Part II: Questionings -- The cop and the anthem / by O. Henry -- The story of the good little boy / by Mark Twain -- The man who could work miracles / by H. G. Wells -- Paradise / by Pär Lagerkvist -- Saint Katy the Virgin / by John Steinbeck -- Mr. Andrews / by E. M. Forster -- The small miracle / by Paul Gallico -- The city coat of arms / by Franz Kafka -- Aerial football: the new game / by George Bernard Shaw -- Part III: Revelations and celebrations -- The man who saw through heaven / by Wilbur Daniel Steele -- A still moment / by Eudora Welty -- The angel of the bridge / by John Cheever -- The question of rain / by William Hoffman -- Revelation / by Flannery O'Connor -- The man of the world / by Frank O'Connor -- Mr. Arcularis / by Conrad Aiken -- The Schreuderspitze / by Mark Helprin -- The marriage feast / by Pär Lagerkvist. |
| Subject |
Short stories.
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Miracles -- Fiction.
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Angels -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Grey, M. Cameron.
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| ISBN |
0385153112: $15.95 |
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