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A Bright Soothing Noise (Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction)
Peter Brown
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Description for A Bright Soothing Noise (Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction)
Paperback. Series: Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
The title, A Bright Soothing Noise, refers to the sound that fire makes, promising not only warmth and light but also violence and destruction. Brown’s greatest hero is Frank O’Connor, and like O’Connor’s his stories uncover the final bleakness of a national life but in the same moment glow with its promise of love and life and belonging. Brown’s Americans will try almost anything to connect. They tend to drink too much, to drive too fast, are a little too violent in their passions and even a little too religious. Too often they believe, they trust–and then again they don’t, ... Read more
The title, A Bright Soothing Noise, refers to the sound that fire makes, promising not only warmth and light but also violence and destruction. Brown’s greatest hero is Frank O’Connor, and like O’Connor’s his stories uncover the final bleakness of a national life but in the same moment glow with its promise of love and life and belonging. Brown’s Americans will try almost anything to connect. They tend to drink too much, to drive too fast, are a little too violent in their passions and even a little too religious. Too often they believe, they trust–and then again they don’t, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of North Texas Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Denton, United States
ISBN
9781574412918
SKU
V9781574412918
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