All Aunt Hagar's Children
 

All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories

by Edward P. Jones

In fourteen sweeping and sublime stories, five of which have been published in The New Yorker, the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Known World shows that his grasp of the human condition is firmer than ever

Returning to the city that inspired his first prizewinning book, Lost in the City, Jones has filled this new collection with people who call... (read more)

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Sarah D
  • Rated 4 stars

A collection of short stories about African Americans in Washington DC. Each story is distinctly different and I wish there was a whole book for each story. His characters are memorable and engaging. I also appreciate that there are no tidy endings.

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Discodumpling
  • Rated 1 stars

I must not be a short story person..this book draaaaaags

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  • Rated 3.807692 stars
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  • Rated 5 stars
 

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  • Discodumpling

    discodumpling said:

    I've been reading this book for about a month...it's beginning to feel like work.
    I love the language but the subject matter is not engaging to me.

    posted Saturday, November 3 2007
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