by RobertStone (Author)
In Miserere, Mary Urquhart is a widowed librarian whose unspeakable secret concerning the death of her husband and children causes her to undertake a most unusual and grisly role in the anti-abortion crusade. In his classic and widely anthologized story Helping Stone examines with beautifully composed acuity a moment of climactic confrontation in the life of Elliot, a therapist beset by his own demons. Reminiscent of Dog Soldiers and A Flag for Sunrise, Under the Pitons is a harrowing story about Blessington, a somewhat reluctant participant in a drug-running scheme, and the grim and unexpected consequences of his involvement. And finally, the title story, a novella published here for the first time, is a powerful, riveting account of the tangled lines that weave together the relationship of a father and his grown daughter.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 01 Oct 1998
ISBN 10: 0395901340
ISBN 13: 9780395901342
A volume of short stories that belongs alongside those of Raymond Carver . . . Brilliant, moving, often gloriously funny and triumphant. The San Francisco Chronicle
As interesting a group of stories as can be found in contempory literature. The Miami Herald