| Rituals to Observe: Stories about Holidays from the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction Contributor(s): Laughman, Ethan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 082035659X ISBN-13: 9780820356594 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: 813.608 |
| LCCN: 2019945880 |
| Series: Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.57 lbs) 244 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These stories amount to something more than a celebration of the holidays dotting our calendars from month to month. Even though holidays can occasion a return to the familiar, these stories challenge traditional associations. Each story serves to complicate how we observe the human observation of holidays and offers a nuanced understanding of related themes such as family and motherhood, travel, grief and mourning processes, and memory. More generally, holidays are days of observance, and that aspect alone offers a lot to unpack. |
Contributor Bio(s): Laughman, Ethan: - ETHAN LAUGHMAN has worked in both the editorial and marketing departments of the University of Georgia Press. Among the few who have read every Flannery O'Connor Award-winning volume, he has collaborated closely with the series' authors in compiling these new anthologies. |