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HINTS OF HIS MORTALITY by DAVID BOROFKA
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- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- ISBN
- 9780877455578
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Iowa Press
ISBN-10
0877455570
ISBN-13
9780877455578
eBay Product ID (ePID)
947991
Product Key Features
Book Title
Hints of His Mortality
Number of Pages
252 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), General
Publication Year
1996
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Iowa Short Fiction Award Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
18.9 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
96-026017
Reviews
"You haven't read another book this fresh, this brave, this important, not in a long time you haven't. Hints of His Mortality is a richly textured, funny, compassionate exploration of the wasteland that is the American way of life. These are stories that matter."--John Dufresne, author of Louisiana Power and Light, "You haven't read another book this fresh, this brave, this important, not in a long time you haven't.Hints of His Mortalityis a richly textured, funny, compassionate exploration of the wasteland that is the American way of life. These are stories that matter."-John Dufresne, author ofLouisiana Power and Light, "Tersely written and marked by an exuberant and fluid prose style, both lyric and colloquial, Hints of His Mortality is a serious-minded, highly refined collection of stories by a writer of splendid talent. A sprawling, generous anthology of stories about modern life, this book has much to admire and much to offer to the discerning lover of good modern literature."--Oscar Hijuelos, author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, "You haven't read another book this fresh, this brave, this important, not in a long time you haven't. Hints of His Mortality is a richly textured, funny, compassionate exploration of the wasteland that is the American way of life. These are stories that matter."-John Dufresne, author of Louisiana Power and Light, "Tersely written and marked by an exuberant and fluid prose style, both lyric and colloquial,Hints of His Mortalityis a serious-minded, highly refined collection of stories by a writer of splendid talent. A sprawling, generous anthology of stories about modern life, this book has much to admire and much to offer to the discerning lover of good modern literature."-Oscar Hijuelos, author ofThe Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, "Tersely written and marked by an exuberant and fluid prose style, both lyric and colloquial, Hints of His Mortality is a serious-minded, highly refined collection of stories by a writer of splendid talent. A sprawling, generous anthology of stories about modern life, this book has much to admire and much to offer to the discerning lover of good modern literature."-Oscar Hijuelos, author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Table Of Content
Prologue: In the Shadows at Gaylord's A Sleep and a Forgetting: The Blue Cloak Tabloid News A Blessing Reflected Music Trailing Clouds of Glory: The Children's Crusade The Summers of My Sex The Girl on the Highway Shades of the Prison-House: Strays Mid-Clair The Whole Lump The Sisters Hints of His Mortality Epilogue
Synopsis
The award-winning stories in David Borofka's "Hints of His Mortality" focus on the male of the species, on bewildered, guilt-ridden, hypersensitive characters adrift in a sea of changing roles and expectations. Although they yearn for the ideal whether physical or spiritual and for that sense of divine connection suggested by Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality, " they usually end up settling for what seems the next best thing: sex or religion.The amorous scrimmage between male and female in these taut, intense stories is a contest that leaves no one unmarked. The hapless ministers in Borofka's memorable collection find that their daily grind of professional piety leaves them with more questions than answers. The men and boys in "Hints of His Mortality" are always aware of their flaws, for Borofka's vital characters have the capacity to register the shadows of their every blemish. Like Ferguson of the title story, haunted for twenty years by his failures of conscience, each protagonist experiences the inexorable fallibility of his own nature, agonizes over his moral weakness, and longs for escape from this life in which our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting." Yet each is redeemed by his ongoing struggle for compassion and understanding.", The award-winning stories in David Borofka's Hints of His Mortality focus on the male of the species, on bewildered, guilt-ridden, hypersensitive characters adrift in a sea of changing roles and expectations. Although they yearn for the ideal--whether physical or spiritual--and for that sense of divine connection suggested by Wordsworth's Intimations of Immortality, they usually end up settling for what seems the next best thing: sex or religion. The amorous scrimmage between male and female in these taut, intense stories is a contest that leaves no one unmarked. The hapless ministers in Borofka's memorable collection find that their daily grind of professional piety leaves them with more questions than answers. The men and boys in Hints of His Mortality are always aware of their flaws, for Borofka's vital characters have the capacity to register the shadows of their every blemish. Like Ferguson of the title story, haunted for twenty years by his failures of conscience, each protagonist experiences the inexorable fallibility of his own nature, agonizes over his moral weakness, and longs for escape from this life in which "our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting." Yet each is redeemed by his ongoing struggle for compassion and understanding.
LC Classification Number
PS3552.O75443H56
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