STEPHEN O'CONNOR IS ONE OF TODAY'S MOST GIFTED AND ORIGINAL
WRITERS. In "Here Comes Another Lesson, "O'Connor, whose stories
have appeared in "The New Yorker, Conjunctions, "and many other
places, fearlessly depicts a world that no longer quite makes
sense. Ranging from the wildly inventive to the vividly realistic,
these brilliant stories offer tender portraits of idealists who
cannot live according to their own ideals and of lovers baffled by
the realities of love.
The story lines are unforgettable: A son is followed home from work
by his dead father. God instructs a professor of atheism to
disseminate updated Commandments. The Minotaur is awakened to his
own humanity by the computer-game-playing "new girl" who has been
brought to him for supper. A recently returned veteran longs for
the utterly ordinary life he led as a husband and father before
being sent to Iraq. An ornithologist, forewarned by a cormorant of
the exact minute of his death, struggles to remain alert to beauty
and joy.
As playful as it is lyrical, "Here Comes Another Lesson "celebrates
human hopefulness and laments a sane and gentle world that cannot
exist.
General
Imprint: |
The Free Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2010 |
First published: |
August 2010 |
Authors: |
Stephen O'Connor
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
Pages: |
224 |
Edition: |
Original |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4391-8199-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
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LSN: |
1-4391-8199-3 |
Barcode: |
9781439181997 |
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