Edward P. Jones, a prodigy of the short story, returns to the form that first won him praise in this new collection of stories, All Aunt Hagar's Children. Here he turns an unflinching eye to the men, women, and children caught between the old ways of the South and the temptations that await them in the city, people who in Jones's masterful hands emerge as fully human and morally complex. With the legacy of slavery just a stone's throw behind them and the future uncertain, Jones's cornucopia of characters will haunt readers for years to come. Book jacket. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

In the Blink of God's Eye	1
Spanish in the Morning	50
Resurrecting Methuselah	84
Old Boys, Old Girls	118
All Aunt Hagar's Children	162
A Poor Guatemalan Dreams of a Downtown in Peru	211
Root Worker	260
Common Law	325
Adam Robinson Acquires Grandparents and a Little Sister	381
The Devil Swims Across the Anacostia River	433
Blindsided	470
A Rich Man	518
Bad Neighbors	556
Tapestry	600
Acknowledgments	643

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