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Short fiction with Big Personality
Short Fiction with Big Personality
Tinkers
by
Paul Harding
On his deathbed, surrounded by his family, George Washington Crosby's thoughts drift back to his childhood and the father who abandoned him when he was twelve.
The Cradle
by
Patrick Somerville
The imminent birth of a couple's first child is marked by the expectant mom's desire to reclaim an antique cradle from the mother who abandoned her years earlier.
Alys, Always
by
Harriet Lane
Comforting a dying car crash victim before being invited into the woman's privileged family's home, Frances is transformed through her friendships with two family members from an unknown editor to a sought-after figure in literary society.
Heart of Darkness
by
Joseph Conrad
Marlowe sails down the Congo in search of Kurtz, a company agent who has, according to rumors, become insane in the jungle isolation.
Ethan Frome
by
Edith Wharton
Set against the bleak winter landscape of New England, Ethan Frome tells the story of a poor farmer, lonely and downtrodden, his wife Zenia, and her cousin, the enchanting Mattie Silver.
Train Dreams
by
Denis Johnson
The National Book Award-winning author of
Tree of Smoke
presents the story of early 20th-century day laborer Robert Grainer, who endures the harrowing loss of his family while struggling for survival against a backdrop of radical historical changes.
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