
The Rope Swing
Stories
Jonathan Corcoran(Author)
West Virginia University Press
Published on 30. April 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-943665-11-2 (ISBN)
Description
A once-booming West Virginia rail town no longer has a working train. The residents left behind in this tiny hamlet look to the mountains that surround them on all sides: The outside world encroaches, and the buildings of the gilded past seem to crumble more every day.
These are the stories of outsiders-the down and out. What happens to the young boy whose burgeoning sexuality pushes him to the edge of the forest to explore what might be love with another boy? What happens when one lost soul finally makes it to New York City, yet the reminders of his past life are omnipresent? What happens when an old woman struggles to find a purpose and reinvent herself after decades of living in the shadow of her platonic life partner? What happens to those who dare to live their lives outside of the strict confines of the town's traditional and regimented ways?
The characters in The Rope Swing-gay and straight alike-yearn for that which seems so close but impossibly far, the world over the jagged peaks of the mountains.
These are the stories of outsiders-the down and out. What happens to the young boy whose burgeoning sexuality pushes him to the edge of the forest to explore what might be love with another boy? What happens when one lost soul finally makes it to New York City, yet the reminders of his past life are omnipresent? What happens when an old woman struggles to find a purpose and reinvent herself after decades of living in the shadow of her platonic life partner? What happens to those who dare to live their lives outside of the strict confines of the town's traditional and regimented ways?
The characters in The Rope Swing-gay and straight alike-yearn for that which seems so close but impossibly far, the world over the jagged peaks of the mountains.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Morganstown
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
229 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-943665-11-2 (9781943665112)
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Person
Jonathan Corcoran received a BA in literary arts from Brown University and an MFA in fiction writing from Rutgers University-Newark, USA. He was born and raised in a small town in West Virginia and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. This is his debut book. Learn more at jonathancorcoranwrites.com.