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All the names they used for God : stories / Anjali Sachdeva.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2018]Edition: First editionDescription: 256 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780399593000
  • 0399593004
Uniform titles:
  • Short stories. Selections
Contained works:
  • Sachdeva, Anjali. World by night
  • Sachdeva, Anjali. Glass-lung
  • Sachdeva, Anjali. Logging lake
  • Sachdeva, Anjali. Killer of kings
  • Sachdeva, Anjali. Robert Greenman and the mermaid
  • Sachdeva, Anjali. Anything you might want
  • Sachdeva, Anjali. Manus
  • Sachdeva, Anjali. Pleiades
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The world by night -- Glass-lung -- Logging lake -- Killer of kings -- All the names for God -- Robert Greenman and the mermaid -- Anything you might want -- Manus -- Pleiades.
Summary: "A haunting, diverse debut story collection that explores the isolation we experience in the face of the mysterious, often dangerous forces that shape our lives Anjali Sachdeva's debut collection spans centuries, continents, and a diverse set of characters but is united by each character's epic struggle with fate: A workman in Andrew Carnegie's steel mills is irrevocably changed by the brutal power of the furnaces; a fisherman sets sail into overfished waters and finds a secret obsession from which he can't return; an online date ends with a frightening, inexplicable disapearance. Her story "Pleiades" was called "a masterpiece" by Dave Eggers. Sachdeva has a talent for creating moving and poignant scenes, following her highly imaginative plots to their logical ends, and depicting how one small miracle can affect everyone in its wake"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction Sachdeva Anjali Available 33111008713279
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Anjali Sachdeva's debut collection spans centuries, continents, and a diverse set of characters but is united by each character's epic struggle with fate- A workman in Andrew Carnegie's steel mills is irrevocably changed by the brutal power of the furnaces; a fisherman sets sail into overfished waters and finds a secret obsession from which he can't return; an online date ends with a frightening, inexplicable dissapearance. Her story "Pleiades" was called "a masterpiece" by Dave Eggers. Sachdeva has a talent for creating moving and poignant scenes, following her highly imaginative plots to their logical ends, and depicting how one small miracle can affect everyone in its wake.

The world by night -- Glass-lung -- Logging lake -- Killer of kings -- All the names for God -- Robert Greenman and the mermaid -- Anything you might want -- Manus -- Pleiades.

"A haunting, diverse debut story collection that explores the isolation we experience in the face of the mysterious, often dangerous forces that shape our lives Anjali Sachdeva's debut collection spans centuries, continents, and a diverse set of characters but is united by each character's epic struggle with fate: A workman in Andrew Carnegie's steel mills is irrevocably changed by the brutal power of the furnaces; a fisherman sets sail into overfished waters and finds a secret obsession from which he can't return; an online date ends with a frightening, inexplicable disapearance. Her story "Pleiades" was called "a masterpiece" by Dave Eggers. Sachdeva has a talent for creating moving and poignant scenes, following her highly imaginative plots to their logical ends, and depicting how one small miracle can affect everyone in its wake"-- Provided by publisher.

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