num_pages: 256
description: A powerful debut collection of stories centers around loss, loneliness, and abandonment, following such unforgettable characters as a father who searches for his troubled son in a zoo, a cancer victim who controls a satellite, and a sniper who trains his scope on the girl of his dreams. 10,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Emporium
titlecomplete: Emporium
genres: American, Fiction, Short Story Collection, Literature, Adult, Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 577
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award
publisher: Viking Adult