
Abundant Light
Short Fiction
Valerie Miner(Author)
Michigan State University Press
Published on 31. August 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-87013-719-8 (ISBN)
Description
Abundant Light, Valerie Miner's fourth collection of short fiction, reveals a master storyteller writing in her prime. This collection looks closely at definitions of family and asks how this fragile and frightening entity can shape us, nurture us, or even destroy us. These stories also explore friendship as it is enriched by differences in nationality, race, class, and gender. Whether set in Calcutta, Cornwall, Alberta, Edinburgh, or the Coastal Range of California, each story is imbued with a resonant spirit of place. Light is a presence and metaphor in each of these stories, physical light as well as light ranging through human insight and reflection, as characters face the possibilities of forgiveness, acceptance and reunion.
This collection contains stories from the best literary journals, The Georgia Review, New Letters, Salmagundi, Southwest Review,Prairie Schooner, as well as from BBC Radio 4 and Ms.
This collection contains stories from the best literary journals, The Georgia Review, New Letters, Salmagundi, Southwest Review,Prairie Schooner, as well as from BBC Radio 4 and Ms.
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Language
English
Place of publication
East Lansing, MI
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87013-719-8 (9780870137198)
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Person
Valerie Miner is an award-winning author of twelve books. Her novels include Range of Light, A Walking Fire, Winter's Edge, Blood Sisters: A Novel, All Good Women, and Murder in the English Department. Her short fiction work includes Trespassing and Other Stories, The Night Singers, and Movement: A Novel in Stories, and a collection of essays Rumors from the Cauldron. Her book The Low Road: A Scottish Family Memoir was a finalist for the PEN USA Creative Nonfiction Award in 2002. Valerie Miner is Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Minnesota.
Content
ContentsAbundant LightGreyhound, 1970VerandaPlaying CatchSomething SpecialThe House with Nobody in ItBack Home at the Driftwood LodgeIl Cortegiano of Thomas AvenuePercussionWhat She Didn't SayAlways Avoid AccidentsCocktailsThey Burn Witches, Don't They?All the WayThe FallThree Women by the River, At One Time or AnotherVital SignsAcknowledgments