The invisibles : stories / by Hugh Sheehy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheehy, Hugh, 1979-

Series:

Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Though Hugh Sheehy's often tragic, sometimes gruesome stories feature bloodied knives and mysterious disappearances, at the heart of these thoughtful thrillers are finely crafted character studies of people who wrestle with the darker aspects of human nature-grief, violence, loneliness, and the thoughts of crazed minds. Sheehy's stories shine a spotlight on the bleak fringes of America, giving voice to the invisibles who need it most. A dismal assistant teacher spiking her coffee after school is suddenly locked in a basement with a student who has just witnessed his father's murder. A seventee

Contents:

Meat and mouth

The invisibles

The tea party

Whiteout

Henrik the viking

Smiling down at Ellie Pardo

Translation

A difficult age

After the flood

Ghost stories

Variations on a theme.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-61290-9

9786613925350

0-8203-4330-7

OCLC:

830023611