Studies in insignificance / by Richard Krause.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krause, Richard, 1945-

Language:

English

Genre:

Short stories.

Physical Description:

161 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Livingston, AL : Livingston Press at the University of West Alabama, [2003]

Summary:

These stories tantalize by bordering the darker sides of human sexuality. In exploring these darker venues, Krause has been able to illuminate humanity in general -- through fleeting forays into cruelty and revenge, or, say, uncertainty and masochism. You will find stories ranging from a man falling into an increasingly bizarre relationship with a German couple in their country home ("The Brown Shirt"), to a Japanese man who cannot rid himself of the childhood memory of spying on a pair making violent love ("Taro"), to an orphan intrigued by shoes ("Shoe Polish"). All of Krause's characters share obsession, and while their obsessions may seem "insignificant" to outsiders, they reflect not so insignificant political and religious obsessions that have recently and historically caused so much global harm.

Contents:

Taro 1

The Door 8

The Brown Shirt 16

The Dwarf 28

Giant in Boston 35

The Exterminator 42

A Study in Insignificance 45

Toothpaste 47

Shoe Polish 53

Pigeons 62

German Shepherd 67

My Dachau 71

The Delivery 75

Benares 82

Coccyx 85

The Nose 87

Mouth 89

The Eye 91

Body Parts 96

Shower 103

Another Water Ritual 106

The Artist 109

Illumination 116

The Question I Never Asked 122

Private Duty 128

The Scoutmaster 132

Warren 139

He Scissored 147

The Gloved Hand 149

Onnagata 155.

Notes:

Short stories.

ISBN:

1931982066

1931982074

OCLC:

52586804