Proper Words for Sin
Published on 1. January 2013
226 pages
978-1-935978-90-9 (ISBN)
Description
Coal burns underground and destroys a small town. A woman confronts police officers with her pet copperheads. A young girl drinks Drano. A man is banned from his favorite bar.
Within these eleven short stories, Flannery O'Connor Award winner and poet Gary Fincke brings into focus the small struggles of ordinary people. The characters within this collection, from boys and girls to fathers, mothers, and the aging, live in cities, in towns, and in rural areas. Yet, no matter the surroundings, all seem alone within a collective anxiety. Set against extraordinary events, such as the Three Mile Island accident, the Challenger Disaster, and the Kennedy assassination, these stories personalize history through a juxtaposition between large and small tragedies and the unflinching desire to find insight within and redemption from weakness and shortcoming.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Morgantown
United States
File size
4,84 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-935978-90-9 (9781935978909)
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Gary Fincke
The Proper Words for Sin
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04/2013
West Virginia University Press
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Content
- Front Cover
- Praise
- About the Author
- Dedication
- Contents
- There's Worse
- The Out-of-Sorts
- The Fierceness of Need
- Weepers
- All the Big Things
- Privarte Things
- The Proper Words for Sin
- You Can Look This Up
- The Blazer Sestina
- The Promises of Labels
- Somebody Somewhere Else
- Back Cover
