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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published: May 2005
Genre: Fiction - Literary
Retail Price: $16.00
Pages: 244
A collection of tales featuring aging characters facing the ends of their lives includes 'The Silence,' in which a famous composer longs for companionship and resists drinking; 'Knowing French,' in which an octogenarian begins corresponding with an author; and 'Appetite,' in which a woman reads elaborate recipes to a sick husband. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.