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A Model World and Other Stories

Published
Mar 1991
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Literary Literary
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208

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From the wondrously talented author of The mysteries of Pittsburgh and Wonder Boys comes a magnificent collection of ironic, understated tales that confirm his reputation as "the young star of American letters." -- Washington Post Book World. Here are eleven superb stories about growing up and growing wise -- stories in which people attempt to create and inhabit their own model worlds, only to watch them collapse in the face of the real world.

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Mar 1992 HarperPerennial ISBN 0380710994
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First Edition Mar 1991 William Morrow ISBN 0688095534
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