Front Cover
Core Fiction Hardcover
Novella Collection
1999
Hearts in Atlantis
Scribner
Synopsis
Low Men in Yellow Coats: In 1960, a boy befriends an elderly boarder who fears mysterious men are searching for him.
Hearts in Atlantis: College students become consumed by a card game while the Vietnam War and academic consequences close in around them.
Blind Willie: A Vietnam veteran follows a private ritual of guilt, charity, and remembrance in New York City.
Why We're in Vietnam: Two veterans revisit their wartime experiences and the lasting moral injuries they carry.
Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling: A man returns to his childhood town and reconnects with someone linked to the events of his youth.
Hearts in Atlantis: College students become consumed by a card game while the Vietnam War and academic consequences close in around them.
Blind Willie: A Vietnam veteran follows a private ritual of guilt, charity, and remembrance in New York City.
Why We're in Vietnam: Two veterans revisit their wartime experiences and the lasting moral injuries they carry.
Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling: A man returns to his childhood town and reconnects with someone linked to the events of his youth.
Verification Summary
Verified Edition
Photographed copyright page identifies Scribner, displays the complete first-printing number line, and lists ISBN 0-684-85351-5. The volume contains five interconnected works rather than a conventional short-story collection.