01948cam a2200301 i 4500 1103776297 TxAuBib 20180226120000.0 170630s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017027249 9780399593000 26.00 0399593004 26.00 TxAuBib rda Sachdeva, Anjali. Short stories Selections. All the names they used for God [BOOK] : stories / Anjali Sachdeva. New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2018. 256 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The world by night -- Glass-lung -- Logging lake -- Killer of kings -- All the names for God -- Robert Greenman and the mermaid -- Anything you might want -- Manus -- Pleiades. "A haunting, diverse debut story collection that explores the isolation we experience in the face of the mysterious, often dangerous forces that shape our lives Anjali Sachdeva's debut collection spans centuries, continents, and a diverse set of characters but is united by each character's epic struggle with fate: A workman in Andrew Carnegie's steel mills is irrevocably changed by the brutal power of the furnaces; a fisherman sets sail into overfished waters and finds a secret obsession from which he can't return; an online date ends with a frightening, inexplicable dissapearance. Her story "Pleiades" was called "a masterpiece" by Dave Eggers. Sachdeva has a talent for creating moving and poignant scenes, following her highly imaginative plots to theirlogical ends, and depicting how one small miracle can affect everyone in its wake"-- Provided by publisher. 1010L Lexile. 20180226. Short stories, American. Short stories.