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SWEET HEREAFTER, A NOVEL  (here after)
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SWEET HEREAFTER, A NOVEL (here after) Paperback - 1998

by BANKS, RUSSELL

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A brilliant and powerful novel from the critically acclaimed author of Continental Drift that explores a small town's response to the inexplicable loss of its children in a school bus accident. "A novel of compelling moral suspense. . . ".--Los Angeles Times Book Review.

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NY: Harper Perennial. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. first edition,1p; 10987654321pt line. Paperback. 5x8". VERY GOOD CONDITION CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT, Name inner cover "Nancy Rusic"; WHITE titles on DARK BLUE spine strip... cover art shows white lights on tall ferris wheel, dark blue night.. (THIS IS NOT the copy with orange paper covers..) ; 257pg pages; Writer With Extraordinary Power...story that begins with a school bus accident. Using four different narrators, Banks creates a small-town morality play that addresses one of life's most agonizing questions: when the worst thing happens, who do you blame? .
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  • Title SWEET HEREAFTER, A NOVEL (here after)
  • Author BANKS, RUSSELL
  • Illustrator Ferris wheel cover art GREG HARLIN/STANSBURY
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition first edition,1p; 10987654321pt line
  • Condition Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial, NY
  • Date 1998
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 135116
  • ISBN 9780060923242 / 0060923245
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.04 x 5.3 x 0.68 in (20.42 x 13.46 x 1.73 cm)
  • Reading level 1180
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Demographic Orientation: Small Town
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects New York (State), Legal stories
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 9056404
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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In The Sweet Hereafter, Russell Banks tells a story that begins with a school bus accident. Using four different narrators, Banks creates a small-town morality play that addresses one of life's most agonizing questions: when the worst thing happens, who do you blame?

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  • Booklist, 06/01/2000, Page 1849
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/13/1992, Page 0