The heart is a full-wild beast : and maketh many wild leaps : new and selected stories / John L'Heureux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

L'Heureux, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American.

Genre:

Short stories, American.

Short stories.

Physical Description:

433 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : A Public Space Books, 2019.

Summary:

"A nun crashes her car; an unborn child sings to its mother; a troubled priest is in the market for a London apartment. In The Heart Is a Full-Wild Beast, John L'Heureux explores head-on life's biggest questions, and the moments - of joy, doubt, transcendence - that alter the course of life. Compiled as he neared the end of his life, and conceived as the legacy of a life's work, The Heart Is a Full-Wild Beast brims with elegance, humor, and compassion, welcoming both the ordinary and the rapturous. L'Heureux is a writer of astonishing vision - a master of storytelling and the sentence."--Amazon.com.

Contents:

Mysteries. The comedian ; Mutti ; Witness ; The torturer's assistant ; The handmaid ; A few necessary questions ; Answered prayers

Marriages. The anatomy of bliss ; Benjamin ; A family affair ; Nightfall ; No strings ; On Garby Road ; The priest's wife: Thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird

Doubts. The rise and rise of Annie Clark ; Communion ; The long black line ; Departures ; Clothing ; A kind of happiness ; The expert on God

Certainties. Roman ordinary ; Sins of thought, sins of desire ; Brief lives in California ; Consolations of philosophy ; Themselves ; The anatomy of desire ; Three short moments in a long life.

ISBN:

9780998267579

0998267570

OCLC:

1099892555