The World to Come: Stories

by Jim Shepard

Book Overview

Without a doubt the most ambitious story writer in America, according to The Daily Beast, Jim Shepard now delivers a new collection that spans borders and centuries with unrivaled mastery.

These ten stories ring with voices belonging to--among others--English Arctic explorers in one of history's most nightmarish expeditions, a young contemporary American negotiating the shockingly underreported hazards of our crude-oil trains,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1524731803
• ISBN13: 9781524731809
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.1"