The Shining City on the Hill - Brossura

Collier, Caroline

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0985491701 ISBN 13: 9780985491703

Casa editrice: Universal Language Publishing, 2012

Riassunto

Exceptionalism gives us the idea that we, both individually and as a collective, operate above the rules due to our extraordinary virtues. Americans have supposedly been called from beyond the stars to exert our honor on the world around us, but does this grandiose self-assessment blind us to our potentially fatal flaws? The Shining City on the Hill is contemporary fiction at its most compelling, a novel about the paragon of civilization, a free society open to all who wish to do good ... at least this is what they believed ... The powerful echoes of a city groaning under its own weight ring through the lives of a dozen troubled Texans. Over the course of several sweltering August days, the burnouts, undocumented immigrants, policemen and families cross paths, never realizing that profound suffering unites them all in unexpected ways.

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L'autore:

Caroline Collier's main goal in life has always been to write stories that would lead the way to world peace and universal compassion. No, seriously. She is a three-time recipient of the Lone Star Award for journalistic excellence from the Houston Press Club. An avid traveler and multi-lingual communicator, Caroline likes to venture out into the world and find the places where human experience can be reduced to a common denominator. Born on the winter solstice, she received a degree in chemistry and economics before falling into a world consumed by books and music. She lives in Fort Worth, Texas within walking distance of where her favorite football team plays. When she is not writing news stories, grant proposals, songs or novels, she is probably cooking or getting sucked into Twitter.

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• Editore: Universal Language Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0985491701
• ISBN 13: 9780985491703
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 282