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The Ugliest House in the World: Stories
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Houghton Mifflin
Publication date September 1, 1997
Pages 230
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780395786291
ISBN-10 0395786290
Dimensions 0.75 by 5.75 by 8.25 in.
Weight 0.85 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $20.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summary
A British writer presents a collection of short stories--two of which have appeared in the annual anthology The Best American Short Stories--that span the globe and mix the fantastic and the ordinary, and politics and humor. (view table of contents)
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Peter Ho Davies is a young writer of unusually worldly perspective. Born in Britain to Welsh and Chinese parents, he writes stories that not only reflect his multinational heritage, but delight in odd juxtapositions. In tales that travel from Coventry to Kuala Lumpur, from the past to the present, and from hilarity to tragedy, American bandits herd ostriches in Patagonia, British soldiers confront Zulus in Natal, and John Wayne leads the way for local revolutionaries in Southeast Asia. These are stories in which small lives are affected by consequential events. In "A Union," a prolonged strike at a Welsh slate quarry plays mystifying tricks of time on a couple expecting a baby. In "The Silver Screen," ragtag rebels join a communist revolution with all the flair of the Keystone Kops. In the heartbreaking title story, a rural community in North Wales copes with the accidental death of a child and learns the reaches of guilt. With their deep vein of humanism and pointed humor, the stories

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from Houghton Mifflin (September 1, 1997)
9780395786291 | details & prices | 230 pages | 5.75 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $20.00
About: A British writer presents a collection of short stories--two of which have appeared in the annual anthology The Best American Short Stories--that span the globe and mix the fantastic and the ordinary, and politics and humor.
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from Mariner Books (November 4, 1998)
9780395924808 | details & prices | 240 pages | 5.50 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $15.95
About: Peter Ho Davies is a young writer of unusually worldly perspective.

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