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Pale Morning Dun: Stories
Richard Dokey
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Description for Pale Morning Dun: Stories
Paperback. In the thirteen stories of Pale Morning Dun, Richard Dokey endeavors to suggest common truths that uncover the human reality at any time, in any place. He explores the ephemeral nature of life through an assembly of characters as diverse as the settings they inhabit. The characters' struggles reveal universal truths about human nature Num Pages: 184 pages, port. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
In the thirteen stories of Pale Morning Dun, Richard Dokey endeavors to suggest common truths that uncover the human reality at any time, in any place. He explores the epherneral nature of life through an assembly of characters as diverse as the settings they inhabit: from a beggar on the streets of San Francisco, ""The West Coast Coliseum of Consumption,"" to a boy and his brother flyfishing in a peaceful mountain stream, unaware that they have stumbled upon the threshold of a horrific crime; from a desperate husband pursuing his estranged wife into the bloody arena of a bullfight, to ... Read more
In the thirteen stories of Pale Morning Dun, Richard Dokey endeavors to suggest common truths that uncover the human reality at any time, in any place. He explores the epherneral nature of life through an assembly of characters as diverse as the settings they inhabit: from a beggar on the streets of San Francisco, ""The West Coast Coliseum of Consumption,"" to a boy and his brother flyfishing in a peaceful mountain stream, unaware that they have stumbled upon the threshold of a horrific crime; from a desperate husband pursuing his estranged wife into the bloody arena of a bullfight, to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826215116
SKU
V9780826215116
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About Richard Dokey
Richard Dokey is the author of three story collections and two novels, including Sanchez and Other Stories, August Heat, and The Hollow Man. He currently resides in Lodi, California.
Reviews for Pale Morning Dun: Stories
Dokey's imaginative world is unique and compelling. His vision is as strong and fresh as those of writers as diverse as Carson McCullers, Bernard Malamud, and the young Hemingway of In Our Time. Dokey's psychological insights into his characters and his narrational tension combine for truly spectacular effects. In story after story, employing prose that is stunning at times, deceptively ... Read more