Seven for the apocalypse / Kit Reed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reed, Kit.

Language:

English

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xii, 218 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[Middletown, Conn.] : Wesleyan University Press ; Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, [1999]

Summary:

Seven for the Apocalypse brings together Kit Reed's powerful 1994 novella with seven short stories about love and isolation. A work of metaphysical science fiction and a finalist for the Tiptree award, Little Sisters of the Apocalypse interweaves two stories. The first follows a motorcycle gang of radical nuns on their mission to save an island of women, abandoned by the men who have gone to war, from a band of outlaws. Of course, not all of the women need, or want, to be saved. The second narrative traces the long-term illness and eventual death of the author's mother, herself a World War II widow. The accompanying short stories, never before collected, include the highly acclaimed "River," "The Singing Marine," and "Voyager." These intense, intelligent tales take a hard and often humorous look at the myths we create in order to comfort ourselves, myths whose danger lies in their very perfection.

Contents:

Voyager

Rajmahal

River

Slumber

In the palace of the dictator

On the penal colony

Little sisters of the apocalypse

The singing marine.

ISBN:

0819563811

081956382X

OCLC:

40723809