The Source of Life and Other Stories

The spine of this collection is a series of linked stories about Ruth Stein, a Brooklyn author whose first book has exposed her father's abuses; while the voice here, speaking across a lifetime, ranges from bittersweet to humorous to lethal. Elsewhere, Bosworth explores the extended family, the bonds of friendship, an apocalyptic Vermont, the rank yet redeemable Gowanus Canal; also rites of passage, race relations, divorce, middle-aged romance, dementia, funerals, alcoholism, and the Jewish religion.

Info autore

Beth Bosworth has taught at the New School for Social Research, CUNY's NYC Technical College, and for many years at Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn, where she is also founding editor of the Saint Ann's Review. Her publications include a novel, Tunneling, and a collection of short stories, A Burden of Earth. Her stories have appeared in the Kenyon Review, the Seneca Review, Forward, IMAGE, Hanging Loose, Guernica, and elsewhere.

Riassunto

Post-divorce dating is one more cause for celebration (or a quick call in to the police) in Beth Bosworth's revelatory new book, The Source of Life and Other Stories.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Beth Bosworth
• Editore: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.09.2012
• EAN: 9780822944195
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4419-5
• Pagine: 218
• Dimensioni: 134 mm x 211 mm x 25 mm
• Peso: 381 g
• Serie: Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize; Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize; Drue Heinz Literature Prize
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi