Keepsakes & Other Stories (e-bog) af Hassler, Jon
Hassler, Jon (forfatter)

Keepsakes & Other Stories e-bog

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From Publishers Weekly?These seven gentle tales set in Minnesota and North Dakota and all written during the 1970s treat fans of novelist Hassler (A Green Journey; Jemmy) to the earliest fruits of his talent. Some are folksy portraits of small-town characters, while others are drier and more plot driven. Both the title story and Resident Priest feature crusty, 74-year-old Father Fogarty, a past...
E-bog 114,76 DKK
Forfattere Hassler, Jon (forfatter)
Udgivet 1 juni 2010
Længde 120 sider
Genrer Short stories
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780873518147
From Publishers Weekly?These seven gentle tales set in Minnesota and North Dakota and all written during the 1970s treat fans of novelist Hassler (A Green Journey; Jemmy) to the earliest fruits of his talent. Some are folksy portraits of small-town characters, while others are drier and more plot driven. Both the title story and Resident Priest feature crusty, 74-year-old Father Fogarty, a pastor whos leaving his parish after 23 years. In Chief Larson, a seven-year-old Indian boy, known (rather improbably) only as chief on the reservation, rebels in a small but telling way against his white adoptive family. Good News in Culver Bend tracks two city reporters who travel to a small town and discover the heart of Christmas. Chase and Christopher, Moony, and the Birds show how frustrated residents of small towns seek solace. The former, so brief its nearly a prose poem, hints at Hasslers own adolescent discovery of his talent for fiction; the latter follows a lonely 50-year-old college professor as he goes on a consolatory walk with a students awkward wife and child, watching birds on family outings, hopping and halting on the grass. The cleverest story, Yesterdays Garbage, follows a garbologist who finds the truth about a murder in a trash bin, and is then led to commit one himself. The publisher plans to issue Hasslers later short fiction in three more volumes, starting in the year 2000. (Sept.)