Permanent visitors / Kevin Moffett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moffett, Kevin, 1972-

Series:

John Simmons short fiction award.

The John Simmons short fiction award

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American--21st century.

Short stories, American.

American literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Settled amid the seasonal amusements and condominium-lined beaches of the Florida coast, the characters who inhabit Kevin Moffett's award-winning stories reach out of their lives to find that something unexpected and mysterious has replaced what used to be familiar. Some are stalled in the present, alone or lonely, bemused by mortality and disappointment. Some move toward the future heartened by what they learn from those around them--a tattoo artist, an invented medicine man, zoo animals, strangers, fellow outsiders. Deftly rendered, these stories abound with oddness and grace. In "Tatt

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Tattooizm; The Fortune Teller; The Medicine Man; The Gardener of Eden; Ursa, on Zoo Property and Off; The Volunteer's Friend; A Statement of Purpose; Space; The Newcomer

Notes:

Short stories.

ISBN:

1-58729-742-6

OCLC:

712986646