Fortune smiles: stories

Book Cover
Average Rating
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Pub. Date:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Language:
English
Description
"With the 2012 publication of The Orphan Master's Son, Adam Johnson became recognized as a leading American writer: a New York Times bestseller, Orphan Master was named one of the best books of the year by more than a dozen major publications, chosen as a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and in addition to the Pulitzer, won a host of other prizes, including the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Now Johnson turns his remarkable talent to a collection of stories that delve deeply into love, loss, the decisions we make for ourselves, and the decisions we make for others. In post-Katrina Louisiana, a young man and his new girlfriend search for the mother of his son. In Palo Alto, a programmer whose wife has a rare disease finds solace in a digital simulacrum of the recently assassinated President. In contemporary Berlin a former Stasi agent ponders his past. A woman with cancer rages against the idea of her family without her. And in the unforgettable title story. Johnson returns to his signature subject of North Korea, depicting two defectors from Pyongyang trying to adapt to their new lives in Seoul, while one cannot forget the woman he left behind. Hugely inventive and endlessly energetic, this is a funny, heart wrenching, surprising collection of stories and characters that will leave readers exhilarated and will show Johnson writing at the top of his form"--
Also in This Series
More Like This
More Copies In Prospector
Loading Prospector Copies...
More Details
ISBN:
9780812997477
9780812997484
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View

Grouping Information

Grouped Work ID91096fdd-7de5-d653-63da-86d0f9f2afc8
Grouping Titlefortune smiles
Grouping Authoradam johnson
Grouping Categorybook
Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2023-09-22 03:41:37AM
Last Indexed2023-09-22 04:00:41AM

Solr Fields

accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Johnson, Adam, 1967-
author_display
Johnson, Adam
available_at_aurora
Tallyn's Reach
detailed_location_aurora
Tallyn's Reach Fiction
display_description
"With the 2012 publication of The Orphan Master's Son, Adam Johnson became recognized as a leading American writer: a New York Times bestseller, Orphan Master was named one of the best books of the year by more than a dozen major publications, chosen as a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and in addition to the Pulitzer, won a host of other prizes, including the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Now Johnson turns his remarkable talent to a collection of stories that delve deeply into love, loss, the decisions we make for ourselves, and the decisions we make for others. In post-Katrina Louisiana, a young man and his new girlfriend search for the mother of his son. In Palo Alto, a programmer whose wife has a rare disease finds solace in a digital simulacrum of the recently assassinated President. In contemporary Berlin a former Stasi agent ponders his past. A woman with cancer rages against the idea of her family without her. And in the unforgettable title story. Johnson returns to his signature subject of North Korea, depicting two defectors from Pyongyang trying to adapt to their new lives in Seoul, while one cannot forget the woman he left behind. Hugely inventive and endlessly energetic, this is a funny, heart wrenching, surprising collection of stories and characters that will leave readers exhilarated and will show Johnson writing at the top of his form"--
format_aurora
Book
eBook
format_category_aurora
Books
eBook
id
91096fdd-7de5-d653-63da-86d0f9f2afc8
isbn
9780812997477
9780812997484
itype_aurora
Book
last_indexed
2023-09-22T10:00:41.731Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Fiction
literary_form_full
Fiction
Short Stories
local_callnumber_aurora
FIC Johnson, A.
owning_library_aurora
Aurora Public Library
owning_location_aurora
Tallyn's Reach
primary_isbn
9780812997477
publishDate
2015
publisher
Random House
Random House Publishing Group
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Short stories, American -- 21st century
title_display
Fortune smiles : stories
title_full
Fortune Smiles Stories
Fortune smiles : stories / Adam Johnson
title_short
Fortune smiles
title_sub
stories
topic_facet
Fiction
Literature
Short Stories
Short stories, American

Solr Details Tables

item_details

Bib IdItem IdShelf LocCall NumFormatFormat CategoryNum CopiesIs Order ItemIs eContenteContent SourceeContent URLDetailed StatusLast CheckinLocation
overdrive:0426881a-9e68-46e3-b76b-e2a634f90121-1Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook1falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
ils:.b17602270.i2296499xTallyn's Reach FictionFIC Johnson, A.1falsefalseAvailableOct 23, 2016tlrfi

record_details

Bib IdFormatFormat CategoryEditionLanguagePublisherPublication DatePhysical DescriptionAbridged
overdrive:0426881a-9e68-46e3-b76b-e2a634f90121eBookeBookEnglishRandom House Publishing Group2015
ils:.b17602270BookBooksFirst editionEnglishRandom House[2015]304 pages ; 22 cm.

scoping_details_aurora

Bib IdItem IdGrouped StatusStatusLocally OwnedAvailableHoldableBookableIn Library Use OnlyLibrary OwnedHoldable PTypesBookable PTypesLocal Url
overdrive:0426881a-9e68-46e3-b76b-e2a634f90121-1Available OnlineAvailable Onlinefalsetruetruefalsefalsefalse
ils:.b17602270.i2296499xOn ShelfAvailablefalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue0, 1, 3, 4, 20, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11