A Room of Rain (Paperback)

The narratives throughout Gary Fincke's sixth collection of short stories contain newsworthy events that are chronicled secondhand: the shooting of a policeman, the murder of a house flipper, the firing of a teacher for punching a violent student, the accidental drowning of a gay man in a flood, and a fire somewhat accidently set by a juvenile smoker in a school. Despite these surprising events, the narrator of each story is an ordinary person caught up in the action but preoccupied by other things, whether zombie movies, collecting unusual words, the oddity of other people's sexual habits, or what to do in retirement. These shocking incidents become both central and peripheral to the narrative, as Fincke portrays the fluctuating emotions and self-protective reflections of fathers, sons, and husbands, creating a world where individuals rarely understand each other, yet still arrive at moments of compassion, tolerance, perseverance, and familial love.

General

Imprint:	West Virginia University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2015
Authors:	Gary Fincke
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	255
ISBN-13:	978-1-940425-20-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General
LSN:	1-940425-20-4
Barcode:	9781940425207

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