Drowned Boy: Stories (Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction)
By Jerry Gabriel.
Description
"These [stories] are rust-belt blues, then, a vision of and lament for a past time and a swiftly changing place. They're not showy--the language is plain, the tragedy muted, the comedy low-key and wry--but they stick in the mind. Ray Carver would recognize these characters and situations, as would poet Philip Levine. I like to think that they would share my appreciation for this fine first book, built slowly and carefully over some years, and worth the wait."--Andrea Barrett, from the foreword Jerry Gabriel delivers an unsentimental portrait of rural America in Drowned Boy, a...
ISBN(s)
1932511784, 9781932511789
