The Collector of Names

The Collector of Names
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Publisher : Schaffner Press, Inc.
Total Pages : 217
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ISBN-10 : 9781936182626
ISBN-13 : 1936182629
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Book Synopsis The Collector of Names by : Patrick Hicks

Download or read book The Collector of Names written by Patrick Hicks and published by Schaffner Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his debut short story collection, poet and novelist Patrick Hicks reminds us of one such constant in all our lives—death. In these stories, most of which are set firmly in the heart of the country, the characters, all solid, well-meaning, hardworking people, are beset by tragedies both large and small, natural and unnatural. In the opening piece, "57 Gatwick," which won the 2012 Glimmer Train Emerging Writer Fiction award, a terrorist bombing of a commercial airliner over the city of Duluth, Minnesota gives the town coroner a new task beyond the collection and identification of victims' bodies, thus restoring hope to a shattered community. In "Burn Unit," a lone, misanthropic woman who rescues stray and abused animals, in turn rescues her horribly burned niece from a neglectful family and a life of despair. An unpopular teenage girl discovers a hidden talent in the wake of a devastating storm in "Picasso and the Tornado." In the "The Lazarus Bomb," the crew of a B-17 bomber crew flying missions over Germany in WWII is suddenly imbued with the ability to give life rather than rain death. With gentle humor and deft, lyrical prose, this collection demonstrates that, despite these tragedies, unlooked-for miracles do occur.


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