3443966The High Placeshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-high-places-9780374710736/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2392385/1841f770-7b74-46a5-9ef1-6d8a5281ada3.jpg?v=638383913509900000186226MXNFarrar, Straus and GirouxInStock/Ebooks/What a terrible thing at a time like this: to own a house, and the trees around it. Janet sat rigid in her seat. The plane lifted from the city and her house fell away, consumed by the other houses. Janet worried about her own particular garden and her emptied refrigerator and her lamps that had been timed to come on at six.So begins "Mycenae," a story in The High Places, Fiona McFarlanes first story collection. Her stories skip across continents, eras, and genres to chart the borderlands of emotional life. In "Mycenae," she describes a middle-aged couples disastrous vacation with old friends. In "Good News for Modern Man," a scientist lives on a small island with only a colossal squid and the ghost of Charles Darwin for company. And in the title story, an Australian farmer turns to Old Testament methods to relieve a fatal drought. Each story explores what Flannery OConnor called "mystery and manners." The collection dissects the feelings--longing, contempt, love, fear--that animate our existence and hints at a reality beyond the smallness of our lives.Salons Laura Miller called McFarlanes The Night Guest "a novel of uncanny emotional penetration . . . How could anyone so young portray so persuasively what it feels like to look back on a lot more life than you can see in front of you?" The High Places is further evidence of McFarlanes preternatural talent, a debut collection that reads like the selected works of a literary great....3379980The High Places186226https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-high-places-9780374710736/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2392385/1841f770-7b74-46a5-9ef1-6d8a5281ada3.jpg?v=638383913509900000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20169780374710736_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_What a terrible thing at a time like this: to own a house, and the trees around it. Janet sat rigid in her seat. The plane lifted from the city and her house fell away, consumed by the other houses. Janet worried about her own particular garden and her emptied refrigerator and her lamps that had been timed to come on at six.So begins Mycenae, a story in The High Places, Fiona McFarlanes first story collection. Her stories skip across continents, eras, and genres to chart the borderlands of emotional life. In Mycenae, she describes a middle-aged couples disastrous vacation with old friends. In Good News for Modern Man, a scientist lives on a small island with only a colossal squid and the ghost of Charles Darwin for company. And in the title story, an Australian farmer turns to Old Testament methods to relieve a fatal drought. Each story explores what Flannery OConnor called mystery and manners. The collection dissects the feelings--longing, contempt, love, fear--that animate our existence and hints at a reality beyond the smallness of our lives.Salons Laura Miller called McFarlanes The Night Guest a novel of uncanny emotional penetration . . . How could anyone so young portray so persuasively what it feels like to look back on a lot more life than you can see in front of you? The High Places is further evidence of McFarlanes preternatural talent, a debut collection that reads like the selected works of a literary great.9780374710736_Farrar, Straus and Girouxlibro_electonico_6ee58244-4733-337f-b6a9-84e236951407_9780374710736;9780374710736_9780374710736Fiona McFarlaneInglésMéxico2016-05-10T00:00:00+00:00Farrar, Straus and Giroux