In This Light: New and Selected Stories
Language: English
Published by Graywolf Press,U.S., 2011
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Showcasing Melanie Rae Thon's breathtaking literary ability to become each one of her characters and to move inside the bodies and minds of the dispossessed, In This Light is a collection of searing prose that brings unlikely protagonists to life and gives them a voice with skill and compassion. Including both previously published stories and never-before-seen work, In This Light reveals that the radiant heat inside all people is the hope and hunger for love.
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- Title
- In This Light: New and Selected Stories
- Author
- Melanie Rae Thon
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S.
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1555975852
- ISBN 13
- 9781555975852
A vibrant selection of stories from the author of Sweet Hearts and First, Body
This selection of Melanie Rae Thon's stories showcases her breathtaking ability to become each one of her characters, to move inside the bodies and minds of the dispossessed. One woman speaks for them all: "I'm your worst fear. But not the worst thing that can happen."
In This Light shimmers with grace as a drunk young woman hits a Native American man on a desolate Montana road, a grieving slave murders the white child she nurses and loves, and two throwaway kids dance in the twinkling lights of a Christmas tree in a stranger's house. Thon's searing prose reveals that the radiant heat inside us all is the hope and hunger for love.
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About the Author
Melanie Rae Thon is the author of two collections of stories and three novels. Named one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists, Thon has received a Whiting Writers' Award and two NEA fellowships. She teaches at the University of Utah.
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