Leaving the sea : stories /

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Author / Creator:Marcus, Ben, 1967-
Uniform title:Short stories. Selections
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Description:vii, 273 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9857945
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ISBN:9780307379382 (hardcover)
0307379388 (hardcover)
9780307739988 (trade pbk.)
0307739988 (trade pbk.)
9780385350433 (electronic)
Notes:"This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.
Selected stories were previously published (2000-2013).
Summary:A collection of life-affirming tales includes the dystopian "Rollingwood," in which a divorced father struggles with employment while caring for an ailing infant; and the title story, in which a narrator's marriage and sanity unravel in a single breathless sentence.