# High Ground

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- Book: [High Ground](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-mcgahern/high-ground) ([High Ground.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-mcgahern/high-ground.md))
- Authors: [John McGahern](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-mcgahern)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4017-708-4
- Pages: 160
- Published: 1993-02-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Those who have called John McGahern a modern Chekhov are struck by his ability to transform commonplace experiences into moments of epiphany. In “Parachutes,” the narrator reels in the aftermath...