The Bride of Ambrose and Other Stories - Hardcover

Freeman, Castle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 093914901X ISBN 13: 9780939149018

Publisher: Soho Pr Inc, 1987

Synopsis

A collection of stories revealing the lives and relationships of the residents of the small, rustic town of Ambrose, Vermont

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Ambrose, a backwater country town in Vermont, is the point of reference for these 11 stories. The title narrative begins in Mexico but moves back in time to Ambrose. More anecdote than story, the uneventful tale proceeds at a slow pace to recall the lives of ordinary people; its deceptively simple prose impels the reader to imagine hidden secrets. In "That Is No Country for Old Men," a youth digs a hole in which to bury a dead horse while an old man sits by making quiet remarks. Youth and age, life and death are revealingly juxtaposed. Although some stories ring hollow and end inconclusively, others take on a deeper resonance. Daily plodding life in Ambrose is not glamorized, but the sum total of the tales is a picture of real life painted by a dark imagination.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Soho Pr Inc
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 093914901X
• ISBN 13: 9780939149018
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 211