- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2003 · Finalist
Servants of the Map
Servants of the Map
Andrea Barrett (born 1954)
English editions
Written in EnglishServants of the Map
W. W. Norton · United States · 2023 · 280 pages
Servants of the Map
W. W. Norton · United States · February 2002
Servants of the Map
Flamingo · United Kingdom · 2002 · 270 pages
Servants of the Map
W. W. Norton · United States · February 2003 · 272 pages
Servants of the Map
Fourth Estate · United Kingdom · 2003 · Paperback · 272 pages
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A pair of novellas and four shorter tales range over two centuries and many landscapes. In the title novella a young British surveyor, mapping the high peaks of the Himalayas for the survey of British India, sends his wife letters that record how far apart the two are drifting, while he discovers what truly obsesses him. A young orphan who studies rain and the workings of passion yearns for a brother taken from her in childhood; a nurse in an Adirondack village finds a long-lost brother but can barely reach him; and in a present-day story an aging Polish scientist and his youthful visitor, eager to break with the past, misread each other. Characters recur across the tales, which turn on the borderland between scientific curiosity and longing.
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About the book
- Form
- Short stories
- Genres
- Historical (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- United States
- First published
- 2002 by W. W. Norton
- Author's age
- 48 when first published
- ISBN
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9780393043488 (W. W. Norton, United States)
9780007139910 (Flamingo, United Kingdom)
9780393323573 (W. W. Norton, United States)
9780007139927 (Fourth Estate, United Kingdom)
9781324066156 (W. W. Norton, United States)