American masculine : stories / Shann Ray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ray, Shann.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American.

Fathers and sons.

Men.

Men--West (U.S.)--Fiction.

Fathers and sons--West (U.S.)--Fiction.

West United States.

Genre:

Short stories, American.

Short stories.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xii, 185 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2011]

Summary:

The American West has long been a place where myth and legend have flourished. Where men stood tall and lived rough. But that West is no more. In its place Shann Ray finds washed up basketball players, businessmen hiding addictions, and women fighting the inexplicable violence that wells up in these men. A son struggles to accept his father's apologies after surviving a childhood of beatings. Two men seek empty basketball hoops on a snowy night, hoping to relive past glory. A bull rider skips town and rides herd on an unruly mob of passengers as he searches for a thief on a train threading through Montana's Rocky Mountains. In these stories, Ray grapples with the terrible hurt we inflict on those we love, and finds that reconciliation, if far off, is at least possible.

Contents:

How we fall

The great divide

Three from Montana

Rodin's The hand of God

When we rise

Mrs. Secrest

In the half-light

The dark between them

The way home

The miracles of Vincent Van Gogh.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Bakeless Prize

American Book Awards, Winner, 2012

Contains:

Ray, Shann. How we fall.

ISBN:

9781555975883

1555975887

OCLC:

681499584