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Of Exiles and Saints

Of Exiles and Saints

Jill Stephenson

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Xlibris US
Año de edición:
2019
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781796059427
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What does it mean to be exiled in America?As young aspirants, a group of friends arrived in the city. Idealistic, talented, industrious, they transformed the urban landscape. Now the very ethos that made their city unique has attracted a new breed. New money, a new ethic, their community is under siege. Threatened by real estate moguls, chain stores and technology entrepreneurs, the friends are faced with expulsion from a marketplace that no longer requires their services.Of Exiles and Saints is a modern morality tale of the price we pay for progress and the cost it exacts from our humanity.

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