Last one out shut off the lights : stories /
Last One Out Shut Off the Lights is a vivid portrait of the last-chance towns of southwest Louisiana, where oil development, industrial pollution, dying wetlands, and the ever-present threat of devastating hurricanes have eroded their inhabitants' sense of home. These stories feature characters...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Last One Out Shut Off the Lights is a vivid portrait of the last-chance towns of southwest Louisiana, where oil development, industrial pollution, dying wetlands, and the ever-present threat of devastating hurricanes have eroded their inhabitants' sense of home. These stories feature characters struggling to find a foothold in a world that is forever washing out from under them, people who must reckon with their ambivalence about belonging to a place so continually in flux. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 245 pages ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780316423403 0316423408 |