For more than twenty-five years, Ann Beattie's short fiction has held a mirror up to America, portraying its awkwardly welded families, its loosely coupled couples, and much-uprooted children with acuity, humor, and compassion. This triumphant collection includes thirty-six of the finest stories of her career including eight new pieces that have not appeared in a book before.
Beattie's characters embark on stoned cross-country odysseys with lovers who may leave them before the engine cools. They comfort each other amid the ashes of failed relationships and in hospital waiting rooms. They try to locate themselves in a world where all the old landmarks have been turned into theme parks. Funny and sorrowful, fiercely compressed yet emotionally
expansive, Park City is dazzling.
Beattie's characters embark on stoned cross-country odysseys with lovers who may leave them before the engine cools. They comfort each other amid the ashes of failed relationships and in hospital waiting rooms. They try to locate themselves in a world where all the old landmarks have been turned into theme parks. Funny and sorrowful, fiercely compressed yet emotionally
expansive, Park City is dazzling.
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Hardback Editions
June 1998 : Hardback
| Title: Park City Author(s): Ann Beattie ISBN: 0-676-54930-6 / 978-0-676-54930-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Trade Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 1998 : Hardback
| Title: Park City Author(s): Ann Beattie ISBN: 0-609-00143-4 / 978-0-609-00143-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Value Publishing Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
May 1998 : Hardback
| Title: Park City: New and selected stories Author(s): Ann Beattie ISBN: 0-00-224571-X / 978-0-00-224571-5 (UK edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Not Applicable Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 1998 : Hardback
| Title: Park City: New and Selected Stories Author(s): Ann Beattie ISBN: 0-679-45506-X / 978-0-679-45506-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Knopf Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
December 1999 : Paperback
| Title: Selected Stories Author(s): Ann Beattie ISBN: 0-09-917721-8 / 978-0-09-917721-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
July 1999 : Paperback
| Title: Park City: New and selected stories Author(s): Ann Beattie ISBN: 0-00-638552-4 / 978-0-00-638552-3 (UK edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Fiction Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 1999 : Paperback
| Title: Park City: New and Selected Stories Author(s): Ann Beattie ISBN: 0-679-78133-1 / 978-0-679-78133-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1998 : Paperback
| Title: Park City Author(s): Ann BEATTIE Publisher: Unknown Availability: Amazon More details... |
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