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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... woman in an orange grove in Los Angeles and marry her and take her back to Lubbock and treat her like shit and not be able to stop himself. I didn't choose any of that. That was the cards I drew even before I knew what game it was I was ...
... woman in an orange grove in Los Angeles and marry her and take her back to Lubbock and treat her like shit and not be able to stop himself. I didn't choose any of that. That was the cards I drew even before I knew what game it was I was ...
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... woman's voice cries out " Oh my god ! " " Oh dear , " Edna says . With a look of suddenly remembering a thing forgotten , Jared says , " Where's Citrus ? " " Arthur ! " the woman's voice cries . " There's lime sherbert in the punch ...
... woman's voice cries out " Oh my god ! " " Oh dear , " Edna says . With a look of suddenly remembering a thing forgotten , Jared says , " Where's Citrus ? " " Arthur ! " the woman's voice cries . " There's lime sherbert in the punch ...
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... woman continues to smile toward the invisible ceiling . " She is not quite awake , " I say . Jared looks at me . He , too , has metal on his face , though only a bit , two rings in an ear . He waves what is left of his pecan ball in a ...
... woman continues to smile toward the invisible ceiling . " She is not quite awake , " I say . Jared looks at me . He , too , has metal on his face , though only a bit , two rings in an ear . He waves what is left of his pecan ball in a ...
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... woman , perhaps a little older than Jared , showing an Asian heritage in their faces . The young man says , " Have I forgotten that it's Tet ? ” " I don't think so , " says the young woman . " This is food I don't recognize . " They ...
... woman , perhaps a little older than Jared , showing an Asian heritage in their faces . The young man says , " Have I forgotten that it's Tet ? ” " I don't think so , " says the young woman . " This is food I don't recognize . " They ...
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... woman with eyes quite attractively large for her species and knockers to rival even Edna's. She stuffs more carrot curls into her mouth with both hands. Her name is MISTY. Just beyond her , the couple with Asian heritage have Mr. Spaceman ...
... woman with eyes quite attractively large for her species and knockers to rival even Edna's. She stuffs more carrot curls into her mouth with both hands. Her name is MISTY. Just beyond her , the couple with Asian heritage have Mr. Spaceman ...
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