The proper words for sin : stories / by Gary Fincke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fincke, Gary.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American.

American fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Morgantown, WV : West Virginia University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Coal burns underground and destroys a small town. A woman confronts police officers with her pet copperheads. A young girl drinks Drano. A man is banned from his favorite bar. Within these eleven short stories, Flannery O'Connor Award winner and poet Gary Fincke brings into focus the small struggles of ordinary people. The characters within this collection, from boys and girls to fathers, mothers, and the aging, live in cities, in towns, and in rural areas. Yet, no matter the surroundings, all seem alone within a collective anxiety. Set against extraordinary events, such as the Three Mile Island accident, the Challenger Disaster, and the Kennedy assassination, these stories personalize history through a juxtaposition between large and small tragedies and the unflinching desire to find insight within and redemption from weakness and shortcoming.

Contents:

There's Worse

The Out-of-Sorts

The Fierceness of Need

Weepers

All The Big Things

Private Things

The Proper Words for Sin

You Can Look This Up

The Blazer Sestina

The Promises of Labels

Somebody Somewhere Else.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781935978893

1935978896

9781935978909

193597890X

OCLC:

847616881