The Chauffeur

Combining eight previously published stories, the author examines the lives of an unforgettable cast of characters who are confronted by loneliness and obsession, including an Eskimo woman who believes that her missing son’s soul is trapped inside a jukebox, and a Japanese woman who walks the beach everyday in search of white pelicans, while her chauffeur falls in love with a zoologist. Original. 20,000 first printing.