Servants of the Map

Ranging across two centuries, and from the western Himalaya to an Adirondack village, these wonderfully imagined stories and novellas travel the territories of yearning and awakening, of loss and unexpected discovery. A mapper of the highest mountain peaks realizes his true obsession. A young woman afire with scientific curiosity must come to terms with a romantic fantasy. Brothers and sisters, torn apart at an early age, are beset by dreams of reunion. Throughout, Barrett's most characteristic theme--the happenings in that borderland between science and desire--unfolds in the diverse lives of unforgettable human beings. Although each richly layered tale stands independently, readers of Ship Fever (National Book Award winner) and Barrett's extraordinary novel The Voyage of the Narwhal, will discover subtle links both among these new stories and to characters in the earlier works.

Author: Andrea Barrett
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 02/17/2003
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780393323573
ISBN10: 0393323579
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)