World's End and Other Stories

ISBN-10
0395294541
ISBN-13
9780395294543
Category
Manners and customs
Pages
211
Language
English
Published
1980
Author
Paul Theroux

Description

A collection of stories featuring a wide variety of characters and locations-- London, Paris, Africa, provincial Holland, Puerto Rico, and beyond. Most of the people are transplanted or have tried to graft themselves onto a new culture, and they struggle against the odds to maintain their humor, to write, to fall in love or keep their marriages intact.

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