Weight of a Human Heart, The |
Book Category:
Fiction > General
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Author:
O'Neill, Ryan
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 13:
9781250024992
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Price:
USD 24.99
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Publication Year:
2013
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Publisher Info
Talia Sherer,
Macmillan,175 Fifth Avenue, 21st Floor,
New York ,
New York - 10010,USA Inquiry
Ranging from Australia and Africa to Europe and Asia and back again, The Weight of a Human Heart heralds a fresh and important new voice in fiction. Ryan O'Neill takes us on a journey that is sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, and wholly original.A young Tutsi girl flees her village on the brink of the Rwandan genocide. A literary duel--and an affair--play out in the book review section of a national newspaper. A young girl learns her mother's disturbing secrets through the broken key on a typewriter. With imagination, wit, and a keen eye, Ryan O'Neill draws the essence of the human experience with a cast of characters who stick with you long after you turn the last page of this brilliant short story collection.