The Whore's Child : and Other Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)
by Richard Russo | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0375411682 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0375411682 Global Overview for this book
Registered by DocandSunshine on 10/26/2005
3 journalers for this copy...
My Thoughts: I bought this at a library book sale for release purposes.
From The Publisher:
To this irresistible debut collection of short stories, Richard Russo brings the same bittersweet wit, deep knowledge of human nature, and spellbinding narrative gifts that distinguish his best-selling novels. His themes are the imperfect bargains of marriage; the discoveries and disillusionments of childhood;the unwinnable battles men and women insist on fighting with the past.
A cynical Hollywood moviemaker confronts his dead wife’s lover and abruptly realizes the depth of his own passion. As his parents’ marriage disintegrates, a precocious fifth-grader distracts himself with meditations on baseball, spaghetti, and his place in the universe. And in the title story, an elderly nun enters a college creative writing class and plays havoc with its tidy notions of fact and fiction. The Whore’s Child is further proof that Russo is one of the finest writers we have, unsparingly truthful yet hugely compassionate and capable of creating characters real that they seem to step off the page.
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From The Publisher:
To this irresistible debut collection of short stories, Richard Russo brings the same bittersweet wit, deep knowledge of human nature, and spellbinding narrative gifts that distinguish his best-selling novels. His themes are the imperfect bargains of marriage; the discoveries and disillusionments of childhood;the unwinnable battles men and women insist on fighting with the past.
A cynical Hollywood moviemaker confronts his dead wife’s lover and abruptly realizes the depth of his own passion. As his parents’ marriage disintegrates, a precocious fifth-grader distracts himself with meditations on baseball, spaghetti, and his place in the universe. And in the title story, an elderly nun enters a college creative writing class and plays havoc with its tidy notions of fact and fiction. The Whore’s Child is further proof that Russo is one of the finest writers we have, unsparingly truthful yet hugely compassionate and capable of creating characters real that they seem to step off the page.
More Stuff:
If you are new to BookCrossing and find this book and this site; welcome! Enjoy the site, the book and hopefully the BookCrossing community. I hope you'll join BookCrossing (doesn't cost anything to join!) and if you do, please consider using any previous reader of this book, or me, polliwog, as the member who referred you. If you are an old hand at BookCrossing, thanks for picking up the book! Either way, I hope you'll journal so all the previous and future readers can track this book's journey. Thanks, and Happy Crossing!
**Sent to Antof9 for the New Zealand 2006 Convention M-Bag**
Caught for the m-bag going to our friends in New Zealand.
The cover says "Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls" -- I have that! That just makes me want to read this more! Yikes! Can I get it read by the 12th?!
The cover says "Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls" -- I have that! That just makes me want to read this more! Yikes! Can I get it read by the 12th?!
Another convention M-bag arrived here in Dunedin last week and I am only getting them journaled now. Thanks so much polliwog for sending the book and Antof9 for organising the bag, your contribution to our convention is greatly appreciated.Another great looking book polli, thanks so much.
The photo shows the Poolburn dam in inland Otago, it was used as a LOTR location but it has been a boreal family fishing spot for much longer.
