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An edition of I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project (2001)

True Tales of American Life

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Edited and introduced by Paul Auster

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Faber and Faber
Language
English
Pages
480

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Subjects

Social life and customs Anecdotes Social conditions Oral history Biography United states, social life and customs United states, social conditions, 1945- United states, biography Erzählung Anthologie United states, history, anecdotes Manners and customs Conditions sociales M¿urs et coutumes Histoire orale Biographies Large type books

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United States of America United States E tats-Unis Biography États-Unis

Times

20e sie cle 1945- 20th century

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Cover of: Je pensais que mon père était Dieu
Je pensais que mon père était Dieu: Et autres récits de la réalité américaine
2004, Le livre de poche
Paperback in French
Cover of: Ich glaubte, mein Vater sei Gott
Ich glaubte, mein Vater sei Gott: Wahre Geschichten aus Amerika
2003, Rowohlt Taschenbuch
Paperback in German
Cover of: Je pensais que mon père était Dieu
Je pensais que mon père était Dieu: Et autres récits de la réalité américaine
2002, Actes Sud, Leméac
Paperback in French
Cover of: I Thought My Father Was God
I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project
2002, G. K. Hall
Hardcover in English
Cover of: I Thought My Father Was God
I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project
2002, Picador
Paperback in English - 1st ed.
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True Tales of American Life
2002, Faber and Faber
Paperback in English
Cover of: True Tales of American Life
True Tales of American Life
2002, Faber and Faber
Paperback in English
Cover of: Je pensais que mon père était Dieu
Je pensais que mon père était Dieu: Et autres récits de la réalité américaine
2001, Actes Sud
Paperback in French
Cover of: I Thought My Father Was God
I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project
2001, Henry Holt
Hardcover in English - 1st ed.

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Page xiii
Animals
Page 5
Objects
Page 41
Families
Page 89
Blaustein
Page 151
Strangers
Page 195
War
Page 251
Love
Page 311
Death
Page 349
Dreams
Page 399
Meditations
Page 431
Index of Authors
Page 475

Edition Notes

First published in the USA under the title I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project, by Henry Holt and Company (New York, 2001).

Published in
London, UK

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813.54

Contributors

Editor
Paul Auster
Introduction
Paul Auster
Assistant Editor
Nelly Reifler

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xxi, 480 p. ; 20 cm.
Number of pages
480

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL33038507M
Internet Archive
truetalesofameri0000aust
ISBN 10
0571214630
ISBN 13
9780571214631
OCLC/WorldCat
421777068
Goodreads
451

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Work ID
OL16028853W
LibraryThing
27803

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Work Description

In 1999, Paul Auster and National Public Radio's Weekend All Things Considered programme asked listeners to send in true stories, to be read on-air as part of the National Story Project. The response was overwhelming : everyone, it seemed, had a story to tell. True Tales of American Life gathers 180 of these stories in one extraordinary volume.

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