A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies: Stories

John Murray

ISBN 10: 0060509295 / ISBN 13: 9780060509293

Published by Harper Perennial, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies: Stories
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060509295
• ISBN 13: 9780060509293
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

These vivid and compelling tales, many set in Africa and Asia, are about immigrants and others facing change and dislocation. The science is never pedantic; indeed the language of biology and natural history is used to great lyrical effect. The stories are accomplished and seasoned, remarkably so given that this is the author’s first book. Murray is adept at holding together a complex narrative and creating characters who reach out emotionally to the reader upon first meeting.

Global in scope, classical in form, evocative of place, and deeply emotional, this collection marks the beginning of what promises to be an illustrious career.

About the Author

John Murray trained as a doctor and is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he was a teaching-writing fellow. "The Hill Station" won the Prairie Lights Short Fiction Award, and the title story was selected by Joyce Carol Oates for the Best New American Voices 2002 fiction anthology. John Murray currently lives in Iowa.