Bantam Classics

Contains: [The Awakening][Beyond the Bayou]Ma'ame Pelagie [Desiree's Baby]A Respectable Woman The Kiss [A Pair of Silk Stockings]The Locket A Reflection : :

This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth. A timeless novel as urgently compelling as War Day or Alas, Babylon, David Brin's The Postman is the dramatically moving saga of a man who rekindled the spirit of America through the power of a dream, from a modern master of science fiction.He was a survivor--a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating war. Fate touches him one chill winter's day when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker to protect himself from the cold. The old, worn uniform still has power as a symbol of hope, and with it he begins to weave his greatest tale, of a nation on the road to recovery.From the Paperback edition.

Contains 25 stories: To the man on trail -- White silence -- In a far country -- Wisdom of the trail -- Odyssey of the North -- Law of life -- God of his fathers -- Batard -- League of the old men -- Love of life -- Wit of Porportuk -- To build a fire -- All Gold Canyon -- Apostate -- South of the slot -- Chicago -- Piece of steak -- Mauki -- Koolau the leper -- Strength of the strong -- War -- Mexican -- Told in the Drooling Ward -- Water baby -- Red one.