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The ten thousand things by maria dermout, paperback. It was published by duckworth overlook in 2014 and won the walter scott prize in 2015. Hans koning, born hans koningsberger in amsterdam, came to this country in 1951 and established himself as an american writer in 1958 with his. When i imagine speaking to a person who for the first time o. I heard an interview with the author on npr and immediately downloaded the book.
In the turbulent final years of the yuan dynasty, wang meng. Among the ten thousand things, by julia pierpont the. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the ten thousand things. Page 299 one day, when we went to pay a visit to some families of chinese christian peasants, we met, near a farm, a young lad, who was taking a buffalo to graze along our path. All you need to know about among the ten thousand things by julia pierpont. Infidelity is steeped in suspense in among the ten thousand things. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. In wild, cheryl strayed writes of the ten thousand things each of dermouts sentences came at me like a soft knowing dagger, depicting a faroff land that felt to me like the blood of all the places i. This haunting novel is set in the moluccas, an area with which maria dermout was familiar, having spent the twentyfive years following her marriage living in. It is the story of felicia, who returns with her baby son from.
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