Paradise of Bombs

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This award-winning collection moves from the dark and technically astonishing title essay-on growing up within the confines of a huge Army arsenal in Ohio-to reflections on mountain hikes, limestone quarries, and fathers teaching their sons.

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Rich in emotion, memory, and concern for the world we inhabit . . . harrowing and convincing. Chicago Tribune

Author Bio

Scott Russell Sanders is the author of The Paradise of Bombs;Wilderness Plots- Tales About the Settlement of American Land;The Force of Spirit;andHunting for Hope, among several other works of fiction and nonfiction. He was a distinguished professor of English literature at Indiana University until he retired in 2009. He currently lives with his wife Ruth in Bloomington, Indiana.