Cathedral: StoriesPULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • Twelve short stories that mark a turning point in the work of “one of the true American masters" (The New York Review of Books). “A writer of astonishing compassion and honesty … His eye is so clear, it almost breaks your heart.” —The Washington Post Book World A remarkable collection that includes the canonical titular story about blindness and learning to enter the very different world of another. These twelve stories “overflow with the danger, excitement, mystery and possibility of life.” —The Washington Post Book World |
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... Spuds . People have taken to calling him that , Spuds , instead of Irv or some other nickname . Spuds is fifty - five and bald . He already looks like beef jerky , but he wants more sun . Right now , his new wife , Linda Cobb , is at ...
... Spuds . People have taken to calling him that , Spuds , instead of Irv or some other nickname . Spuds is fifty - five and bald . He already looks like beef jerky , but he wants more sun . Right now , his new wife , Linda Cobb , is at ...
Page 204
... Spuds picks up what I said . " Let's take him to the emergency room . " Rick says , " I'll go , too . " " We'll all go , " Connie Nova says . " We better stick together , " Linda Cobb says . " Holits . " I say his name again . " I can't ...
... Spuds picks up what I said . " Let's take him to the emergency room . " Rick says , " I'll go , too . " " We'll all go , " Connie Nova says . " We better stick together , " Linda Cobb says . " Holits . " I say his name again . " I can't ...
Page 207
... Spuds holler and wave . Holits looks at them like he doesn't know them . But then he raises up his free hand . Just raises it , that's all . They wave . Then Holits is waving . He keeps waving at them , even after they've stopped ...
... Spuds holler and wave . Holits looks at them like he doesn't know them . But then he raises up his free hand . Just raises it , that's all . They wave . Then Holits is waving . He keeps waving at them , even after they've stopped ...
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