| Description |
1 online resource (164 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The Iowa short fiction award
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Iowa short fiction award.
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| Contents |
The thin tear in the fabric of space -- Girls I know -- Labor Day hurricane -- Central Square -- The surprising weight of the body's organs -- Haircuts -- The river -- Saint Francis in Flint -- Fellowship of the bereaved. |
| Summary |
The Thin Tear in the Fabric of Space gathers stories about coping with grief, trying to love people who have died, and--more broadly--leaving old versions of the self behind, sometimes by choice and sometimes out of necessity. In each of the nine stories, Douglas Trevor's characters are forced to face uncomfortable realities. For Elena Gavrushnekov in the title story, that means admitting after the death of her beloved that she still longs for contact with other human bodies. For Peter in "Central Square," it is realizing that, like his deceased father before him, he is drinking himself to dea. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American poetry -- 21st century.
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American poetry. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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American literature.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Fiction.
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Fiction.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Trevor, Douglas. Thin tear in the fabric of space. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2005 (DLC) 2005041758 |
| ISBN |
9781587296482 (electronic book) |
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1587296489 (electronic book) |
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9780877459507 (paperback) |
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0877459509 (paperback) |
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0877459509 (paperback) |
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