Author : Dan Leach
Publisher : University of North Georgia
ISBN 13 : 9781940771359
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (713 download)
Book Synopsis Floods and Fires by : Dan Leach
Download or read book Floods and Fires written by Dan Leach and published by University of North Georgia. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Floods and Fires, the first collection of stories by Dan Leach, tests Marilynne Robinson's assertion that "Families will not be broken." In the title story, a father harbors his fugitive son from the town bully-turned-sheriff and meditates on suffering in small towns. In "Everything Must Go," an estranged husband spots his ex-wife's belongings at a garage sale and grapples with an onset of paranoia. In "Transportation," a young boy attempts, through wild acts of imagination to transcend his bleak existence in a trailer park. Wrestling against limitations that are Southern in aesthetic, but universal in nature, the characters in Floods and Fires seek redemption in the face of hard times. Quirky, outlandish, but in the end emotionally poignant, Dan Leach's stories follow imperfect people struggling against their circumstances, their histories, and, most importantly, themselves.--Page 4 of cover.