Instructions for the drowning : stories / Steven Heighton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heighton, Steven, 1961-2022, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, Canadian.

Genre:

Short stories.

Physical Description:

217 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis, [2023]

Summary:

"A man recalls his father's advice on how to save a drowning person, but struggles to come to terms with its application. Locked down with his new partner and her aging cat, a recovering alcoholic must continue learning how to balance control and vulnerability. When his husband dies, a son's request of his conservative father teaches both men to see one another, and their relationship, anew. In stories about love and fear, Romantic idealism and practical limitations, self-reckoning and how we learn to care for one another, Steven Heighton's Instructions for the Drowning is the unforgettable last collection by a writer working at the height of his powers."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Instructions for drowning

Repeat to failure

As if in prayer

Expecting

Professions of love

You're going to live

Who now lies sleeping

Everything turns away

Desire lines

Notes toward a new theory of tears

The stages of J. Gordon Whitehead.

Notes:

"A John Metcalf book".

Short stories.

Other Format:

Online version: Heighton, Steven, 1961-2022 Instructions for the drowning.

ISBN:

9781771965354

1771965355

OCLC:

1338833385

Publisher Number:

99993853828