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About Time : Twelve Stories by Finney, Jack is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is About Time : Twelve Stories about?
It's About Time more stories arrived for everyone who's loved Time and Again ! If you love Jack Finney or simply enjoy putting your feet up and reading marvelous stories of nostalgia and fantasy, About Time offers a delightful return to the world of time travel and light comedy that distinguished Jack Finney's all-time classic Time and Again . You will love the heroes of these twelve stories. As in much of Finney's fiction they are well-meaning chaps who've found themselves at odds with their surroundings and their own lives. They yearn for escape, and often time travel becomes the vehicle that tempts or captures this urge: some of Finney's characters succumb, others observe, some miss their chance. Often they are caught by a recurring ironic twist – the time to which they escape doesn't match their expectations or fill missing satisfactions in the way they had hoped. But sometimes they find their dreams. Finney's legendary feel for the pain and laughter of ordinary life and his skill in weaving atmosphere will make you want to step into the pages of these stories and join the New York or San Francisco of the 1950s or 1960s – when these great cities were in their golden
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Finney, Jack
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
- Published
- 1986
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780684848662
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humor
- Rating
- 4.05 / 5 (44 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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