| Jesus Out to Sea Contributor(s): Burke, James Lee (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416548564 ISBN-13: 9781416548560 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: One of the countrys most acclaimed and popular novelists offers a selection of ten short stories centered on the devastation in Louisiana and Mississippi during and after Katrina. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006100977 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.55" W x 8.37" (0.53 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the country's most-acclaimed and popular novelists offers a selection of ten short stories centered around the devastation in Louisiana and Mississippi during and after Katrina. In this moving collection of short stories, James Lee Burke elegantly marries his flair for gripping storytelling with his lyrical writing style and complex, fascinating character portraits. The backdrop of the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast is a versatile setting for Burke's stories, which cover the scope of the human experience--from love and sex to domestic abuse to war, death, and friendship. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burke, James Lee: - James Lee Burke is a New York Times bestselling author, two-time winner of the Edgar Award, and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction. He's authored thirty-seven novels and two short story collections. He lives in Missoula, Montana. |