Neighbors and Other Stories
- 168 páginas
- 6 horas de lectura
We think of neighbors as those that live nearby. But we’re all linked to other people, places, and time periods. Sometimes those connections reflect love and joy, sometimes danger and darkness.This collection includes stories about coal mining, vaudeville, the Nazi’s exhibition of “degenerate art,” the Coney Island ride A Trip to the Moon, tightrope walking, wasps, poisonous plants, space debris falling from the sky, old people falling in love, young people falling in love, Grand Central Station, Munich in 1937, Central Park in 1873, synesthesia, Picasso’s Bust of Francoise , the Wright Brothers, affordable housing, and the meaning of life.Neighbors explores relationships we have with other people, with ideas, with history, and with ourselves.