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Here are six fictional stories about Americans colliding with a remote and often perilous part of the Two journalists, stranded in wartime Afghanistan, are taken in by a warlord who becomes the arbiter of their fates. A female scientist investigating the Aral Sea disaster is drawn into a trap by a former KGB officer. On a hike through Kazakhstan, Jayne and Douglass marriage unravels when their guide, a veteran of the Soviet-Afghanistan war, takes an unseemly interest in Jayne. The son of an American ambassador addicted to the seamy underside of a Central Asian city finally gets in over his head. In the Pushcart Prizewinning title story, a tortured missionary struggles to reconcile his sexual urges with his faith. A young man just back from a long stint in Kyrgyz-stan finds his relationship with his fiance all but destroyed. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes tragic, but always eerily affecting, these stories show us deeply foreign lands and peoples through our own eyes. Impressive in both range and emotional acuity, God Lives in St. Petersburg is a stunning fictional debut by a wildly talented (Outside) young writer.

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Author

Bissell, Tom, 1974-

Publisher

New York: Pantheon Books

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780375422645

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories

Rating

3.75 / 5 (253 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13