Mr. SpacemanOpen Road + Grove/Atlantic, 2007/12/01 - 240 ページ “A surprisingly sweet and droll first-person account of the vexed attempts of an alien to understand the bafflingly unpredictable human race.” —Kirkus Reviews The Pulitzer Prize–winning author “raises fin de siècle literature to new heights and turns inevitability on its head” in a novel of an alien named Desi (Publishers Weekly). For decades, Desi has kept a quiet vigil above the Earth while studying the confusing, fascinating, and frustrating primary species of our planet, occasionally venturing to the planet’s surface to hear their thoughts and experience their memories using his empathic powers. Now, on December 31, 2000, he prepares for the final phase of his mysterious mission, which begins when he beams a tour bus bound for a Louisiana casino aboard his ship. The twelve passengers will be the last humans whose lives he will experience before he positions his spaceship in full and irrefutable view of the people of Earth and descends to the planet’s surface to proclaim his presence to all of humanity at the turn of the millennium. Poignant, funny, and charming, Mr. Spaceman is filled with unexpected twists and turns, a tribute to the powers of love and understanding and the essence of what it means to be human. “Funny and humane, entertaining and touching.” —The New York Times |
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... planet, and this is something that eludes even the wonders of the technology of my home world—and this soul is something that on this planet must try to find a way to manufacture words, must try to speak its insubstantial self in these ...
... planet, and this is something that eludes even the wonders of the technology of my home world—and this soul is something that on this planet must try to find a way to manufacture words, must try to speak its insubstantial self in these ...
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... planet. I believe it is the same for them. “I'm so excited,” Edna says and ... planet, the female creatures even more so. Edna is not. She is often critical ... home,” Edna says, and I focus on the lapel of my suit and a square white tag ...
... planet. I believe it is the same for them. “I'm so excited,” Edna says and ... planet, the female creatures even more so. Edna is not. She is often critical ... home,” Edna says, and I focus on the lapel of my suit and a square white tag ...
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... home planet to wear our name tags in this manner.” Edna Bradshaw smiles at me for doing this, a gentle smile, with her eyes filling, as they easily do, with tears. I am now ren- dered, as I usually am, utterly floppy-fingered helpless ...
... home planet to wear our name tags in this manner.” Edna Bradshaw smiles at me for doing this, a gentle smile, with her eyes filling, as they easily do, with tears. I am now ren- dered, as I usually am, utterly floppy-fingered helpless ...
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... home planet, “Now this is a pecan ball. Dried beef isn't good enough for me when I make it. This baby has three pounds of real beef jerky. You remember when I had you beam up some things from that truck stop near where I used to live? A ...
... home planet, “Now this is a pecan ball. Dried beef isn't good enough for me when I make it. This baby has three pounds of real beef jerky. You remember when I had you beam up some things from that truck stop near where I used to live? A ...
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... home planet's standards , but it has nothing like the outfold of lips that I must say I find enchanting in Edna . I understand how the sudden turning of this man in the large suit — that is , me — and his having a face like mine would ...
... home planet's standards , but it has nothing like the outfold of lips that I must say I find enchanting in Edna . I understand how the sudden turning of this man in the large suit — that is , me — and his having a face like mine would ...
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