First edition. Nice bright copy. 2003 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. Ranging across two centuries, and from the western Himalaya to an Adirondack village, these wonderfully imagined stories and novellas travel the territories of yearning and awakening, of loss and unexpected discovery. A mapper of the highest mountain peaks realizes his true obsession. A young woman afire with scientific curiosity must come to terms with a romantic fantasy. Brothers and sisters, torn apart at an early age, are beset by dreams of reunion. Throughout, Barrett's most characteristic theme -- the happenings in that borderland between science and desire -- unfolds in the diverse lives of unforgettable human beings. Although each richly layered tale stands independently, readers of Ship Fever (National Book Award winner) and Barrett's extraordinary novel The Voyage of the Narwhal, will discover subtle links both among these new stories and to characters in the earlier works. The title story of this volume was selected for Best American Short Stories 2001 and for Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards 2001. CONTENTS: Servants of the Map; The Forest; Theories of Rain; Two Rivers; The Mysteries of Ubiquitin; The Cure.

SERVANTS  OF  MAP:  STORIES  ANDREA  BARRETT  RANGING  ACROSS  TWO  CENTURIES,  AND  FROM  WESTERN  HIMALAYA  TO  AN  ADIRONDACK  VILLAGE,  THESE  WONDERFULLY  IMAGINED  STORIES  AND  NOVELLAS  TRAVEL  TERRITORIES  OF  YEARNING  AND  AWAKENING,  OF  LOSS  AND  UNEXPECTED  DISCOVERY  MAPPER  OF  HIGHEST  MOUNTAIN  PEAKS  REALIZES  HIS  TRUE  OBSESSION.  A  YOUNG  WOMAN  AFIRE  WITH  SCIENTIFIC  CURIOSITY  MUST  COME  TO  TERMS  WITH  ROMANTIC  FANTASY.    BROTHERS  AND  SISTERS,  TORN  APART  AT  AN  EARLY  AGE,  ARE  BESET  BY  DREAMS  OF  REUNION.