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A man's father is dying of pancreatic cancer. A strange little girl named Ayana arrives at his hospital room and gives him a kiss -- but not a "kiss of death." Instead, his father miraculously recovers. The narrator must repay this miracle, though, and over the years is called upon to do so.
First Appearance:
The Paris Review: Number 182
Fall 2007
Magazine
Subsequent Appearances:
The Best American Non-Required Reading: 2008
2008
Houghton Mifflin Company
Hardcover
Just After Sunset
US First Edition
November 11, 2008
Scribner
Hardcover
Just After Sunset
US Collector's Edition
November 11, 2008
Scribner
Hardcover
Just After Sunset
UK First Edition
November 2008
Hodder & Stoughton
Hardcover
Just After Sunset
UK Collector's Edition
2008
Hodder & Stoughton
Hardcover