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Perpetual Care
James Nolan
其他書名
Stories
出版Jefferson Press, 2008
主題Fiction / Short Stories (single author)Fiction / WomenFiction / City LifeFiction / Friendship
ISBN098001641X9780980016413
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=8BkgAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This collection of short stories, which was awarded the 2007 Jefferson Press prize for Best New Voice in Fiction, explores the milieu of what post-Katrina New Orleans residents have come to call the isle of denial--a resilient and intact sliver of civilization surrounded by a sea of devastation. Evoking the comic grotesque legacy of Flannery O'Connor and John Kennedy Toole, these pieces inhabit a variety of piquant souls, including a Creole spinster, a transvestite plumber, a gambler who makes prosthetic eyes, a food critic who winds up with a mouthful of his best friend's ashes, and a grief-stricken young woman who sneaks a clock radio into her boyfriend's casket. They share a common trait of perverse denial in the face of historic or private defeat. Each story provides a window into aspects of the city and its' captivating neighborhoods while tendering startling revelations on elemental themes of death, sex, and restoration.