num_pages: 384
description: A new collection of short fiction by the author of Winter's Tale features sixteen stories that profile such colorful characters as a British paratrooper on a mission behind enemy lines, a teenage Hasidic Jew who joins the 1958 Yankees, a female reservist with the Israeli army searching for love, and a September 11th widow who receives a gift from the contractor working on her apartment. 40,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The Pacific and Other Stories
titlecomplete: The Pacific and Other Stories
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Modern, Contemporary, Sports, American, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Short Stories
ratings_count: 1336
publisher: Penguin Press HC, The