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All the Names They Used for God

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  • Feb 20, 2018
  • #ShortStory #Fantasy
Anjali Sachdeva
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A haunting, diverse debut story collection that explores the isolation we experience in the face of the mysterious, often dangerous forces that shape our lives Anjali Sachdeva's de... Show More

A haunting, diverse debut story collection that explores the isolation we experience in the face of the mysterious, often dangerous forces that shape our lives

Anjali Sachdeva's debut collection spans centuries, continents, and a diverse set of characters but is united by each character's epic struggle with fate: A workman in Andrew Carnegie's steel mills is irrevocably changed by the brutal power of the furnaces; a fisherman sets sail into overfished waters and finds a secret obsession from which he can't return; an online date ends with a frightening, inexplicable disappearance. Her story "Pleiades" was called "a masterpiece" by Dave Eggers. Sachdeva has a talent for creating moving and poignant scenes, following her highly imaginative plots to their logical ends, and depicting how one small miracle can affect everyone in its wake.

The world by night --
Glass-lung --
Logging lake --
Killer of kings --
All the names for God --
Robert Greenman and the mermaid --
Anything you might want --
Manus --
Pleiades

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Number of Pages: 259

ISBN: 0399593004

ISBN-13: 9780399593000

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Kendra Winchester @KendraWinchester ยท Sep 28, 2022
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Every story in All the Names They Used for God blends elements of fairy tales and the fantastical. An albino woman living on the frontier in the 1800s finds a cave with mysterious voices calling to her from inside. Two girls abducted and forced to marry their captors discover they can control their husbands just by speaking a command. A man in a factory accident has his lungs turned into glass.
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