Search Party (ePub)
Stories of Rescue
(Sprache: Englisch)
In the epigraph to this volume, Penelope Fitzgerald tells us: "If a story begins with finding, it must end with searching,” and so we discover each story here to follow the arc of a search, just as each also contains a rescue. What is immediately...
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In the epigraph to this volume, Penelope Fitzgerald tells us: "If a story begins with finding, it must end with searching,” and so we discover each story here to follow the arc of a search, just as each also contains a rescue. What is immediately apparent is that it will be impossible to guess the form this rescue will take or even who it is who'll require it.
Instead, the astonishingly talented Valerie Trueblood has imbued each story with its own depth and mystery, so rescue comes as a surprise to the reader, who is in intimate sympathy for the soul in extremity. And these are diverse characters whose fates, in lesser hands, might be thought of as hopeless: the fired cop turned security guard, the stolid, 19-year-old nurses' aide who will not be going to art school, the cynical radio producer who is dying of breast cancer and on a plane on her way to Lourdes.
In these thirteen stories linked by a common transcendent human genius, the writing is confident and clear and original, and often drop-dead stunning, as if the stories are being told by the most casually eloquent among us.
Instead, the astonishingly talented Valerie Trueblood has imbued each story with its own depth and mystery, so rescue comes as a surprise to the reader, who is in intimate sympathy for the soul in extremity. And these are diverse characters whose fates, in lesser hands, might be thought of as hopeless: the fired cop turned security guard, the stolid, 19-year-old nurses' aide who will not be going to art school, the cynical radio producer who is dying of breast cancer and on a plane on her way to Lourdes.
In these thirteen stories linked by a common transcendent human genius, the writing is confident and clear and original, and often drop-dead stunning, as if the stories are being told by the most casually eloquent among us.
Autoren-Porträt von Valerie Trueblood
Valerie Trueblood is the author of the novel Seven Loves, and the short story collections Search Party, Marry or Burn, and Criminals. She's been a finalist for the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award, a finalist for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and a recipient of the B&N Discover Award. She lives in Seattle.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Valerie Trueblood
- 2013, 256 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: CATAPULT
- ISBN-10: 1619022230
- ISBN-13: 9781619022232
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2013
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“The diamond-sharp stories in Trueblood’s second collection dazzle . . . Trueblood tells these stories from unusual angles, with precision and a depth of insight and empathy that enfold the reader into the characters’ lives.” —Publishers Weekly Starred review“[Trueblood] excels at the vignette. ‘Downward Dog,’ ‘The Stabbed Boy’ and ‘Street of Dreams’ are no more than four pages each, and yet they insinuate themselves with a minimum of detail—they resonate . . . Trueblood is a writer to follow.” —Kirkus
“There are no easy rescues in Trueblood’s newest unflinching story collection, yet characters still struggle to be saved despite the obstacles . . . she piercingly captures glimpses of salvation that remain just out of reach.” —Leah Strauss, Booklist
“With each story full of wry humor, clearly drawn characters and absolutely exquisite writing, this is one best books of stories I’ve ever read. Valerie Trueblood’s latest collection is united by the theme of earthly redemption: in each someone is saved from what we think of as Fate. Brilliant. Not to be missed.” —Jane Vandenburgh, author The Wrong Dog Dream: A True Romance
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