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The rapture index : a suburban bestiary / Molly Reid.
Van Pelt Library PS3618.E543 A6 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reid, Molly (Molly Jean), author.
- Series:
- American reader series ; v. 32.
- American reader series ; no. 32
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suburbs.
- Human-animal relationships--Fiction.
- Human-animal relationships.
- Suburbs--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- 222 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, NY : BOA Edtions, Ltd., 2019.
- Summary:
- "Loosely based on the medieval bestiary, The Rapture Index examines the relationship between animals, humans, and storytelling. Harnessing the bestiary's combination of religious parable, encyclopedia, and art, Molly Reid journeys deep into suburbia to reveal characters struggling to navigate desire and responsibility: the desire to indulge their baser instincts while still fulfilling the expectations of society and family. Filled with moments of curiosity, misunderstanding, fervor, and heart, these stories offer a new twist on familiar landscapes as they explore what happens in the places where the wilderness has been tamed when we try to deny our own animal nature"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Happy you're here
- Bestiary I: the neighbor's bees
- The permutations of A
- Bestiary II: suburban fox
- Dog story
- Bestiary III: attic raccoon
- The first location
- Anatomy is destiny
- Bestiary IV: Steller's jay
- Apocalypso
- Bestiary V: chimney swifts
- 3d printing: a love story
- Summer people
- Bestiary VI: one hamster
- Adventures in wildlife
- Fall from grace
- All men
- The rapture index
- Bestiary VII: laundromat bobcat
- Come closer
- Bestiary VIII: the alligators.
- Notes:
- Winner, The BOA Short Fiction Prize
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Reid, Molly (Molly Jean), author. Rapture index
- ISBN:
- 1942683820
- 9781942683827
- OCLC:
- 1050599488
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