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NECESSARY DEATHS (Paperback, New)
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Adroitly told, Geoffrey Clark's collection of stories Necessary
Deaths will appeal to anyone who has faced difficult choices
regarding the care of animals. Mr. Clark's characters struggle to
learn how to let go and confront loss. His stories examine the
themes of violation of innocence, and the acceptance of required
acts of violence. His characters live with animals and care for
them. Through the transcendent experience of that care, they must
face assumptions they've been living with regarding what is natural
and right with and around them. As either victims or perpetrators
of violence, the characters in these stories are forced to ask
themselves if violence is inherent in their condition. Mr. Clark
avoids glib, over-worked metaphors, and as a writer with five
decades of stories behind him, he renders internal and external
landscapes of his stories through a knack for the bon mot that
enlightens, startles and illuminates. Peppered with trenchant
details, cadenced in a laconic, sometimes very funny Mid-western
narrative voice, each story resonates long after it's been read.
The stories are polished without being pompous, and charged with a
vivid, consistent accuracy. The best, culled from earlier
collections, poignantly evoke a time gone by in northern Michigan
during the post World War II years, and Mr. Clark addresses without
nostalgia the hardscrabble innocence and complexities of rural life
in that region and era. There is authenticity, skill and subtlety
in the telling. Mr. Clark does not disappoint; he deserves a wide
readership." —John Flynn is author of Something Grand, a
collection of stories, and several volumes of poetry and
translations.
General
Imprint: |
Red Hen Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2006 |
First published: |
July 2006 |
Authors: |
Geoffrey Clark
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Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
144 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-59709-012-4 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-59709-012-3 |
Barcode: |
9781597090124 |
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