The a novel Kiefer, Christian 1971- creator text nyu 2012 First U.S. edition. monographic eng

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393 pages ; 25 cm "Set in depleted, post-recession suburbia, with its endlessly interlocking cul-de-sacs, mega-parking lots and big box stores, The Infinite Tides tells the story of star astronaut Keith Corcoran's return to earth. Keith comes home from a lengthy mission aboard the International Space Station to find his wife and daughter gone, and a house completely empty of furniture, as if Odysseus had returned to Ithaca to find that everyone he knew had forgotten about him and moved on. Keith is a mathematical and engineering genius, but he is ill equipped to understand what has happened to him, and how he has arrived at the center of such vacancy. Then, he forges an unlikely friendship with a neighboring Ukrainian immigrant, and slowly begins to reconnect with the world around him. As the two men share their vastly different personal and professional experiences, they paint an indelible and nuanced portrait of modern American life. The result is a deeply moving, tragicomic and ultimately redemptive story of love, loss and resilience, and of two lives lived under the weight of gravity"-- Christian Kiefer. n-us--- Astronauts Fiction Immigrants Fiction Ukrainians United States Fiction Male friendship Fiction Suburban life Fiction FICTION / Literary PS3611.I443 I54 2012 813/.6 FIC019000 9781608198108 2011045534 http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/108/9781608198108/image/lgcover.9781608198108.jpg http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/108/9781608198108/image/lgcover.9781608198108.jpg DLC 111125 20151015095744.0 17058532 eng