A Room of Rain / Gary Fincke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fincke, Gary.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Morgantown, West Virginia : Vandalia Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The narratives throughout Gary Fincke's sixth collection of short stories contain newsworthy events that are chronicled secondhand: the shooting of a policeman, the murder of a house flipper, the firing of a teacher for punching a violent student, the accidental drowning of a gay man in a flood, and a fire somewhat accidently set by a juvenile smoker in a school. Despite these surprising events, the narrator of each story is an ordinary person caught up in the action but preoccupied by other things, whether zombie movies, collecting unusual words, the oddity of other people's sexual habits, or what to do in retirement. These shocking incidents become both central and peripheral to the narrative, as Fincke portrays the fluctuating emotions and self-protective reflections of fathers, sons, and husbands, creating a world where individuals rarely understand each other, yet still arrive at moments of compassion, tolerance, perseverance, and familial love.

Contents:

""Contents ""; ""A Room of Rain""; ""The Worst Thing""; ""Isn�t She Something?""; ""The Comfort of Taboos""; ""The Visual Equivalent of Pain""; ""After Arson""; ""Neighbors""; ""All Square""; ""Household Hints""; ""Saints""; ""Perfect""; ""Roger That""; ""About the Author""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781940425221

1940425220

9781940425214

1940425212

OCLC:

905678254