
Grass Fires
Dan Gerber(Author)
Michigan State University Press
Will be published approx. on 31. July 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
185 pages
978-0-87013-682-5 (ISBN)
Description
The varied inhabitants of Brainard, Michigan, examine their lives and losses in very distinct, matter-of-fact voices. A heart attack victim crashes into his brother-in-law's funeral parlor in the title story; the deaf-mute of "Conversation" begins his tale with the simple sentence, "I don't think I've really had a conversation with anyone since my father died."
Dan Gerber's characters are capable of extraordinary compassion and everyday cruelty, and reveal themselves in an unnerving series of layers.
Dan Gerber's characters are capable of extraordinary compassion and everyday cruelty, and reveal themselves in an unnerving series of layers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
East Lansing, MI
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
259 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87013-682-5 (9780870136825)
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Person
Dan Gerber was born and grew up in western Michigan. From 1968 through 1972, with Jim Harrison, he coedited the literary magazine Sumac. He has been writer-in-residence at Michigan State University and Grand Valley State University. He was the recipient of the Michigan Author Award in 1992, had work was included in Best American Poetry 1999, and received the Mark Twain Award for Distinguished Contributions to Midwestern Literature in 2001.