Seed : A Novel / Stanley Crawford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crawford, Stanley G., 1937-

Contributor:

Illinois State University's English Department's, ebook designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death--Fiction.

Death.

Widowers--Fiction.

Widowers.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : FC2, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Seed is the story of Bill Starr's final days. Childless but with a lifetime's worth of possessions and a nearly infinite web of extended family, Bill endeavors to empty his house completely before he dies by summoning distant relatives to claim their inheritance. Many of his letters go unanswered, but those who do appear show up only to find that their reward is often much less valuable than they might expect. What they get instead are Bill's memories, made vivid by each item from the past, memories that are more exotic and curious than the lives currently lived by his young relatives. Accompa

Contents:

Copyright Page; I won't remember; There's no cell phone; Night not for sleeping; She's early; Getting rid of stuff; Wrong. Handsome young man; This: There I sit on the back porch; Who did I have this conversation with; Ramona still out; Surprise: Ramona is back; Señor Es-Tarr; Flick on the porn channel; A knock on the door; I lie awake in the recliner; Tell me your name again; Day bleeds into night bleeds; Hi, I'm Kevin; The rooms glow; Time does not fly; The wind lashes; Afuera, afuera, commands Ramona; Lonche, Señor Es-Tarr; We met when I was six or seven; A waxing moon

Rancorous bilingual negotiationsYou give everything; Jonathan's day,; Sun at last; Raining again; The rain it raineth every day; Comes finally a brilliant clear day; Lonche, Ramona announces out the front door; Hazy, balmy night; Returns at last the god; Inexplicably in a merry mood tonight; Terence, impetuous youthful mistake; Victor, she says, mi sobrino; I awake daily; The beauty of night; I may have stopped eating

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-57366-853-2

OCLC:

903985641