Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events: Stories Paperback - 2012
by Kevin Moffett
A dazzling new story collection from brilliant, young, award-winning writer Moffett, "Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events" illuminates the intimate experiences of characters caught between aspiration and achievement, uncertainty and illumination, inertia and discovery, the past and the future.
From the rear cover
Propelled by a multitude of idiosyncratic voices, the stories in Kevin Moffett's Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events are tragic in their conception and comic in their execution. Moffett casts light on characters in transitional states, stalled and puzzled. In "In the Pines," a Civil War reenactor visits an elderly woman recently relocated to a retirement home. In "Border to Border," an immigrant working at an amusement park faces a disconcerting choice when he loses one of his dental crowns. In "First Marriage," a honeymooning couple is stalled in Arizona by the stink of dead animal in their rental car. Even as they bumble and disappoint their way through these stories, these characters elicit from us a sympathy--even a self-identification--that is something much stronger than pity. The result is an unsettling and unforgettable collection. Written with penetrating insight into our motivations and fears, Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events is a wise, funny, and haunting book that signals the emergence of a trailblazing talent.
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- Title Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events: Stories
- Author Kevin Moffett
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Date 2012-03-20
- Features Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780062069221 / 0062069225
- Weight 0.39 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 8.01 x 5.31 x 0.64 in (20.35 x 13.49 x 1.63 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Short stories
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011012898
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Library Journal, 03/15/2012, Page 107
- Shelf Awareness, 03/27/2012, Page 0
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