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God Lives in St. Petersburg

and Other Stories

By Tom Bissell

Hardcover | 9780375422645

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Here are six fictional stories about Americans colliding with a remote and often perilous part of the world:

Two journalists, stranded in wartime Afghanistan, are taken in by a warlord who becomes the arbiter of their fates.

A female scientist investigating the Aral Sea disaster is draContinue

Here are six fictional stories about Americans colliding with a remote and often perilous part of the world:

Two journalists, stranded in wartime Afghanistan, are taken in by a warlord who becomes the arbiter of their fates.

A female scientist investigating the Aral Sea disaster is drawn into a trap by a former KGB officer.

On a hike through Kazakhstan, Jayne and Douglas’s marriage unravels when their guide, a veteran of the Soviet-Afghanistan war, takes an unseemly interest in Jayne.

The son of an American ambassador addicted to the seamy underside of a Central Asian city finally gets in over his head.
In the Pushcart Prize–winning title story, a tortured missionary struggles to reconcile his sexual urges with his faith.

A young man just back from a long stint in Kyrgyz-stan finds his relationship with his fiancée all but destroyed.

Sometimes hilarious, sometimes tragic, but always eerily affecting, these stories show us deeply foreign lands and peoples through our own eyes. Impressive in both range and emotional acuity, God Lives in St. Petersburg is a stunning fictional debut by a “wildly talented” (Outside) young writer.

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    God Lives in St Petersburg by Tom Bissell 214pp, Faber, £7.99 It's hard to believe God lives anywhere at all after reading this bleak book -bleak, but mesmerising. The six stories here were written over five years by a former US Peace Corps volunteer ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  • [return][return][return][return]Otto's Books[return]Williamsport, PA[return]June 7th, 2007[return]$1[return][return]Contents: Death defier --; Aral --; Expensive trips nowhere --; The ambassador's son --; God lives in St. Petersburg --; Animals in our lives.

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Book Details

  • English Books
  • Hardcover 224 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0375422641
  • ISBN-13: 9780375422645
  • Publisher: Pantheon
  • Pub date: Jan 25, 2005
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