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The thin tear in the fabric of space / Douglas Trevor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trevor, Douglas.
- Series:
- Iowa short fiction award.
- The Iowa short fiction award
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American poetry--21st century.
- American poetry.
- American literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (181 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Thin Tear in the Fabric of Space gathers stories about coping with grief, trying to love people who have died, and--more broadly--leaving old versions of the self behind, sometimes by choice and sometimes out of necessity. In each of the nine stories, Douglas Trevor's characters are forced to face uncomfortable realities. For Elena Gavrushnekov in the title story, that means admitting after the death of her beloved that she still longs for contact with other human bodies. For Peter in "Central Square," it is realizing that, like his deceased father before him, he is drinking himself to dea
- Contents:
- The thin tear in the fabric of space
- Girls I know
- Labor Day hurricane
- Central Square
- The suprising weight of the body's organs
- Haircuts
- The river
- Saint Francis in Flint
- Fellowship of the bereaved.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-58729-648-9
- OCLC:
- 646887664
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