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Reliable Light
ISBN: 9780813515311
出版年: 1990-4
页数: 250
定价: $ 21.41
内容简介
Meredith Steinbach s first co~~ection of
short stories, Reliable Light, consists of
seven major stories, ranging from the
very brief to the novella, from tragedy
to comedy, from traditional to experi-
mental voice. Steinbach writes with
grace, power, and a deep understanding
of the intricacies of literary tradition.
This collection opens with "Sparking,"
the story of an imm
perate attempt to f
ciety, followed by
grant woman s des-
t into a bigoted so-
To be Sung on the
Water," the revelation of a woman who
reaches a true understanding of her
dead mother on an odyssey back to the
plains for her grandfather s funeral.
"On Star Street" compresses into one
moment an old woman s whole being
and memories as she sits in a nursing
home. In the comic fable "Actual Oil," a
youn~country woman is seduced by a
man with "electronic eyes" The long,
darker story, "A Preponderance of the
Small," presents a woman enervated by
chance disaster, an unthinking .~ociety,
and life in a region of relentless rain.
"Soundings in Feet and Fatho~.~" is
written from a Black doctor s point of
view and speaks, as if to himself csn~ ~is
son, of his family s situation and dis-
placement in a small New Englan~
town. The final story, "In Recent His-
tory," portrays the silent aftermath and
