| Description |
1 online resource (189 pages) |
| Contents |
World upon her shoulder -- The shadders go away -- Help, I'm being kidnapped -- Eyes of others -- While Mother was gone with 571 -- Thirst -- By the light of friendship -- Director of the world -- Good-bye now -- Replacement -- An evocation |
| Summary |
The characters in Jane McCafferty's Director of the World and Other Stories are often distanced, lonely, or displaced from others and the events around them, yet they are almost always ready to act, to become involved with others, and to change. In "Eyes of Others," a woman, stopping with her family at a Howard Johnson's during a trip, becomes fascinated by the meeting of two strangers and attempts to connect with them as she has been unable to connect with her own family. Implicit in these stories is a rootlessness that gives way to yearning and a passion for remembering. In the title story, |
| Notes |
"The Drue Heinz literature prize 1992"--Cover |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Short stories.
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short stories.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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FICTION -- General.
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Short stories
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780822978879 |
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0822978873 |
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