Calling up the dead / by Brett Weaver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weaver, Brett E.

Language:

English

Genre:

Short stories.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

142 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Livingston] Ala. : Livingston Press, [2003]

Summary:

Herewith, six stories (with an intensity belying their leisurely length), which are set internationally and which span all ages and emotions. In them Weaver holds true to his surname by threading the human spirit poignantly, regardless of the story's setting or mood-be it comic, magical, or grotesque. He, for instance, moves us deftly from three war refugees barely into their puberty, to a talking balcony filled with releasing pity for an elderly woman, to an Asian Indian who has repatriated only to witness a patricide, to an oddly realistic "fairy tale" set in contemporary Russia. Wherever he moves us, he does so with unsettling grace.

Contents:

Grove of No Birds 1

Eternity Points 30

Regards, the Balcony 53

Princess Preparation 66

Three for Tango 84

Knockout: A Fairy Tale 101

Calling Up the Dead 125.

ISBN:

193198221X

OCLC:

54005465