A death in Kitchawank : and other stories

Format:

Audio disc

Title:

A death in Kitchawank : and other stories

Uniform Title:

Short stories. Selections

Author:

Boyle, T. Coraghessan.

ISBN:

9781482928860

9781482928846

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publication Information:

[Ashland, OR] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., ℗2013.

Physical Description:

8 audio discs (9 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Compact discs.

Duration: 9:18:00.

"Tracks Every 3 Minutes."

"A death in Kitchawank" is a new collection of stories written since 2010 and is published in the fourth section of the book "T.C. Boyle stories II": New York: Viking, 2013.

Contents:

My pain is worse than your pain ; The silence ; A death in Kitchawank ; What separates us from the animals ; Good home ; In the zone ; Los gigantes ; The way you look tonight ; The night of the satellite ; Slate mountain ; Sic transit ; Burning bright ; The Marlbane Manchester Musser Award ; Birnam Wood.

Summary:

"This collection of fourteen stories effortlessly drifts between myth and reality, encompassing a panorama of human emotions. . Boyle travels the world in these stories, from California to Russia, Latin America to upstate New York, but his adept touch at depicting the lives of his characters never wavers"--Container.

Subject(s):

Short stories, American -- 21st century.

Giants (Folklore) -- Fiction.

Radiation victims -- Russia -- Fiction.

Widows -- California -- Fiction.

United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.

Genre:

Added Author:

Boyle, T. Coraghessan. Short stories. Selections.

Added Corporate Author:

Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Holds:

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Summary

By turns mythic and realistic, farcical and tragic, ironic and moving, T.C. Boyle's stories have mapped a wide range of human emotions. The fifty-eight stories in this volume, written over eighteen years, reflect his maturing themes. Along with the satires and tall tales that established his reputation, readers will find stories speaking to contemporary social issues, from air rage to abortion doctors, and character-driven tales of quiet power and passion. Others capture timeless themes, from first love and its consequences to confrontations with mortality, or explore the conflict between civilization and wildness.

Author Notes

T. C. Boyle was born Thomas John Boyle in Peekskill, New York on December 2, 1948. He received a B.A. in English and history from SUNY Potsdam in 1968, a MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1974, and a Ph.D. degree in nineteenth century British literature from the University of Iowa in 1977. He has been a member of the English department at the University of Southern California since 1978.

He has written over 20 books including After the Plague, Drop City, The Inner Circle, Tooth and Claw, The Human Fly, Talk Talk, The Women, Wild Child, and When the Killing's Done. He has received numerous awards including the PEN/Faulkner Award for best novel of the year for World's End; the PEN/Malamud Prize in the short story for T. C. Boyle Stories; and the Prix Médicis Étranger for best foreign novel in France for The Tortilla Curtain. His title's Sam Miguel and The Harder They Caome made The New York Times Best Seller List.

(Bowker Author Biography)