
Another Governess / the Least Blacksmith
A Diptych
Joanna Ruocco(Author)
Fiction Collective Two (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 30. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
168 pages
978-1-57366-165-2 (ISBN)
Description
Stark and vibrant, the two halves of this sutured book expose the Frankenstein-like scars of the assemblage we call 'human.' In 'Another Governess' a woman in a decaying manor tries to piece together her own story. In 'The Least Blacksmith' a man cannot help but fail his older brother as they struggle to run their father's forge. Each of the stories stands alone, sharing neither characters nor settings. But together, they ask the same question: What are the wages of being? The relentless darkness of these tales is punctured by hope - the violent hope of the speaking subject.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Normal
United States
Publishing group
The University of Alabama Press
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57366-165-2 (9781573661652)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
03/2012
1st Edition
University of Alabama Press
€48.99
Available for download
Persons
Joanna Ruocco coedits Birkensnake, a journal of fiction. She is the author of The Mothering Coven and Man's Companions.