| Prayers of an Accidental Nature Contributor(s): Di Blasi, Debra (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566890837 ISBN-13: 9781566890830 Publisher: Coffee House Press OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1999 Annotation: This collection of cutting-edge short stories, many with a subversive undercurrent, is marked by versatility. The title story is a postmodern gothic -- an amalgam of Poe, James, and "The Kids in the Hall." The arch, supercilious narrator, who speaks in the royal plural, describes thwarting the courtship of a member of their set with a woman from "Peru or Bolivia (we can't remember which)." In "An Interview with My Husband, " an artificial exercise forces a couple to face up to the dissolution of their marriage. "An Obscure Geography" is a moving tribute to an influential -- teacher who converses with God in the classroom. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98-56287 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.49" W x 8.78" (0.51 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Short Fiction. This virtuoso collection of short stories with a subversive undercurrent applies a sardonic, almost farcical spin to familiar genres such as the journalistic interview, the pedagogical homage, and the romance novel. PRAYERS OF AN ACCIDENTAL NATURE resonates with a diversity of voices that are sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, and always human. Di Blasi's themes of sexual obsession, physical beauty, and lost love ignite this notable effort to define the perils of intimacy -- Publishers Weekly. Debra Di Blasi is the author of the novellas DROUGHT and SAY WHAT YOU LIKE and the screenplays of DROUGHT and THE WALKING WOUNDED. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri. |