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Local souls : novellas

Presents three novellas set in North Carolina, about a woman seeking the child she gave up for adoption, a high school valedictorian who disappears during a trip to Africa, and two married men whose friendship shifts toward desire.

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  • "Presents three novellas set in North Carolina, about a woman seeking the child she gave up for adoption, a high school valedictorian who disappears during a trip to Africa, and two married men whose friendship shifts toward desire."@en
  • "Returning to his mythological Falls, North Carolina home of Widow, the author presents three novellas set in today's South, a place revolutionized around freer sexuality, looser family ties and superior telecommunications."
  • "In his first work of fiction in a decade, Allan Gurganus returns to the mythic site of his immortal novel Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. Time has passed; the Internet has arrived; but the daily human dramas in Falls, North Carolina prove that old habits die hard. A banker's daughter seeks the child she was forced to relinquish at birth ... The disappearance of a star high school student sends ripples through the town, creating a cult led by her stricken mother ... The friendship between two married men is tested by a devastating flood.>"@en
  • "In his first work of fiction in a decade, Allan Gurganus returns to the mythic site of his immortal novel Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. Time has passed; the Internet has arrived; but the daily human dramas in Falls, North Carolina prove that old habits die hard. A banker's daughter seeks the child she was forced to relinquish at birth ...The disappearance of a star high school student sends ripples through the town, creating a cult led by her stricken mother ...The friendship between two married men is tested by a devastating flood. Local Souls is a universal tale of gigantic hopes battling small-town conventions - a dark comedy of adultery, obsession and incest, told with affection and piercing insight."

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  • "Short stories"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"

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  • "Local souls : novellas"
  • "Local souls : novellas"@en
  • "Local Souls : novellas"
  • "Local Souls"
  • "Local Souls"@en
  • "Ceux qui restent"
  • "Local souls"@en

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