{"product_id":"the-angel-esmeralda-don-delillo-9781451659092","title":"The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Story Prize, the first ever collection of \"dazzlingly told\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) short stories--now available as a trade paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Greece, the Caribbean, Manhattan, a white-collar prison and outer space, this \"small masterpiece of short fiction\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e) is a mesmerizing introduction to Don DeLillo's iconic voice. In \"Creation,\" a couple at the end of a cruise somewhere in the West Indies can't get off the island--flights canceled, unconfirmed reservations, a dysfunctional economy. In \"Human Moments in World War III,\" two men orbiting the earth, charged with gathering intelligence and reporting to Colorado Command, hear the voices of American radio, from a half century earlier. In the title story, Sisters Edgar and Grace, nuns working the violent streets of the South Bronx, confirm the neighborhood's miracle, the apparition of a dead child, Esmeralda. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNuns, astronauts, athletes, terrorists and travelers, the characters in \u003ci\u003eThe Angel Esmeralda \u003c\/i\u003epropel themselves into the world and define it. These nine stories describe an extraordinary journey of one great writer whose prescience about world events and ear for American language changed the literary landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Don Delillo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1451659091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451659092\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/18\/2012 pg. 28","brand":"Don Delillo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044403310847,"sku":"9781451659092","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af475570-0e5f-4981-8376-677f7ab7a76d.jpg?v=1684972657","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-angel-esmeralda-don-delillo-9781451659092","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}