Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules
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| Editor | David Sedaris |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short story collection |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
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August 1, 2005 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 256 pp (first edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | (first edition, paperback) |
| OCLC | 60512891 |
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules is a 2005 anthology of short stories edited by David Sedaris.
Sedaris published this book in order to support 826NYC, a nonprofit writing and tutoring center in Brooklyn, New York. All of his proceeds, after permission expenses, from Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules will benefit this organization designed to help students ages six to eighteen develop their writing skills through free writing workshops, publishing projects, and one-on-one help with homework and English-language learning. In the book's epilogue, Sarah Vowell describes 826NYC's work.
The book's title references a painting by Adriaen van der Werff.
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