Pilgrims /
Elizabeth Gilbert's short stories roam from Wyoming to New York City, from Minnesota to Texas. With humor and dignity, Gilbert explores the revelations of diverse and memorable characters, each pursuing a singular American pilgrimage. A tough East Coast girl dares a western cowboy to run off in...
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| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Co.,
1997
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1997 Boston, Mass. : 1997 Boston : 1997 |
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| Summary: | Elizabeth Gilbert's short stories roam from Wyoming to New York City, from Minnesota to Texas. With humor and dignity, Gilbert explores the revelations of diverse and memorable characters, each pursuing a singular American pilgrimage. A tough East Coast girl dares a western cowboy to run off into the Rocky Mountains with her. A family of Hungarian-immigrant magicians struggle for redemption in Pittsburgh. A dying old woman contentedly surveys her lifetime of promiscuity Twelve stories on human relations. In the title story, a girl teases a cowboy to elope with her, knowing he does not have the will, The Finest Wife is on a promiscuous woman who nevertheless is a good wife, and in Landing, a woman is turned on by a parachutist On an impossible and tragic quest for honor, an ignorant laborer runs for president of his mafia-controlled union |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | 210 p. ; 22 cm 210 p. ; 22 cm 210 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 0395836239 9780395836231 |