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02137aam a2200301 i 4500 001 DD0669BECD0111ECB5E908A224ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220506010041 008 211122s2022||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2021057019 020 $a 1432897780 020 $a 9781432897789 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Evison, Jonathan. 245 1 $a Small world $h [Large Print] : $b a novel / $c Jonathan Evison. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2022. 300 $a pages cm. 520 $a "Jonathan Evison's Small World is an epic novel for now. Set against such iconic backdrops as the California gold rush, the development of the transcontinental railroad, and a speeding train of modern-day strangers forced together by fate, it is a grand entertainment that asks big questions. The characters of Small World connect in the most intriguing and meaningful ways, winning, breaking, and winning our hearts again. In exploring the passengers' lives and those of their ancestors more than a century before, Small World chronicles 170 years of American nation-building from numerous points of view across place and time. And it does it with a fullhearted, full-throttle pace that asks on the most human, intimate scale whether it is truly possible to meet, and survive, the choices posed--and forced--by the age. The result is a historical epic with a Dickensian flair, a grand entertainment that asks whether our nation has made good on its promises. It dazzles as its characters come to connect with one another through time. And it hits home as it probes at our country's injustices, big and small, straight through to its deeply satisfying final words"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20220504. 650 7 $a Large type books. 941 $a 4 945 $a lpt 952 $l DMPC403 $d 20220906012621.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20220630011831.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220511010113.0 952 $l FDPC194 $d 20220506010342.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DD0669BECD0111ECB5E908A224ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search