The Invisibles: Stories Contributor(s): Sheehy, Hugh (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820348287 ISBN-13: 9780820348285 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
Dewey: FIC |
Series: Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction |
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.17" W x 8.04" (0.69 lbs) 192 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Though Hugh Sheehy's often tragic, sometimes gruesome stories feature bloodied knives and mysterious disappearances, at the heart of these thoughtful thrillers are finely crafted character studies of people who wrestle with the darker aspects of human nature--grief, violence, loneliness, and the thoughts of crazed minds. Sheehy's stories shine a spotlight on the bleak fringes of America, giving voice to the invisibles who need it most. A dismal assistant teacher spiking her coffee after school is suddenly locked in a basement with a student who has just witnessed his father's murder. A seventeen-year-old girl at a skate rink whose name no one can remember is motherless, friendless, and sure she will be the next to go. The heartbroken victim of a miscarriage dreams of her fetus's voyage through the earth's plumbing. The estranged addict son, certain of his innate goodness, loses himself in a blizzard and fails his family again. Sheehy's characters learn that however invisible they may feel and whatever their intentions, their actions incur a cost both to themselves and those around them. They struggle to tame or come to terms with the forces they meet--the tragedies--that are far larger than their small existences. In this debut, Sheehy illuminates the all-but-silent note of adult loneliness and how we cope with it or, perhaps, just move past it. |
Contributor Bio(s): Zafris, Nancy: - NANCY ZAFRIS is the author of two novels, Lucky Strike and The Metal Shredders. Her stories have appeared in numerous literary magazines, and she is Fiction Editor of the Kenyon Review.Sheehy, Hugh: - HUGH SHEEHY's stories have appeared in such publications as Five Points, Cincinnati Review, Kenyon Review, Glimmer Train, Antioch Review, Crazyhorse, and Copper Nickel. He teaches creative writing and literature at Ramapo College of New Jersey. |