The age of perpetual light
stories
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Our rough guess is there are 64,500 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 4 hours and 18 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 9 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
Word Count
64,500 words, Guess
Page Count
258 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveageofperpetualli0000weil
- ISBN-100802127010
- ISBN-139780802127013
- Library of Congress Control Number2017018155
- OCLC Control Number975137729
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780802127013
- Open LibraryOL26931584M
Classifications
- DDC813/.6
- LCCPS3623.E4273 A6 2017
- LCCPS3623.E4273A6 2017
Description
Stories selected from a decade of work that explore themes of progress, the pursuit of knowledge, and humankind's eternal attempt to decrease the darkness in the world. Beginning at the dawn of the past century, in the early days of electrification, and moving into an imagined future in which the world is lit day and night, each tale in The Age of Perpetual Light follows deeply-felt characters through different eras in American history; from a Jewish dry goods peddler who falls in love with an Amish woman while showing her the wonders of an Edison Lamp, to a 1940 farmers' uprising against the unfair practices of a power company, a Serbian immigrant teenage boy in 1990's Vermont desperate to catch a glimpse of an experimental satellite, to a back-to-the-land couple forced to grapple with their daughter's autism during winter's longest night.
Subjects
Other Editions
- The age of perpetual light: stories
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!