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The Resource The mechanics of falling and other stories, Catherine Brady

The mechanics of falling and other stories, Catherine Brady

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Summary
"This book presents eleven new stories that are set in and around San Francisco by an award-winning author. The stories in this collection explore those moments when the seemingly fixed coordinates of our lives abruptly give way - when mother love fractures, a faithful husband abandons his family, a conscientious middle-class life implodes, or loyalty demands an excruciating sacrifice. The characters share a fundamental predicament, the struggle to name and embrace some faith that can break their fall. In equal measure, they hunger for and resist this elusive possibility and what it demands of them." "The Mechanics of Falling and Other Stories" deals with a range of circumstances and relationships, and with characters who must decide what they are willing to risk for the sake of transformation, or for the right to refuse it. The stories trace the effort to traverse the boundaries between one state and another - between conviction and self-doubt, recklessness and despair, resignation and rebellion. And each story propels the reader to imagine what will happen next, to register the unfinished and always precarious quality of every life."--BOOK JACKET
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xii, 227 pages
Contents
  • Seven remedies
  • Those who walk during the day
  • Wicked stepmother
  • Looking for a female tenet
  • The dazzling world
  • Slender little thing
  • Scissors, paper, rock
  • The mechanics of falling
  • Last of the true believers
  • Wait for instructions
  • Much have I traveled
Isbn
9780874177633
Instance
Label
The mechanics of falling and other stories
Title
The mechanics of falling and other stories
Statement of responsibility
Catherine Brady
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"This book presents eleven new stories that are set in and around San Francisco by an award-winning author. The stories in this collection explore those moments when the seemingly fixed coordinates of our lives abruptly give way - when mother love fractures, a faithful husband abandons his family, a conscientious middle-class life implodes, or loyalty demands an excruciating sacrifice. The characters share a fundamental predicament, the struggle to name and embrace some faith that can break their fall. In equal measure, they hunger for and resist this elusive possibility and what it demands of them." "The Mechanics of Falling and Other Stories" deals with a range of circumstances and relationships, and with characters who must decide what they are willing to risk for the sake of transformation, or for the right to refuse it. The stories trace the effort to traverse the boundaries between one state and another - between conviction and self-doubt, recklessness and despair, resignation and rebellion. And each story propels the reader to imagine what will happen next, to register the unfinished and always precarious quality of every life."--BOOK JACKET
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DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1955-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Brady, Catherine
Dewey number
813/.54
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3552.R2375
LC item number
M43 2009
Literary form
short stories
Series statement
West word fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Fathers
  • Sisters
  • Short stories, American
Label
The mechanics of falling and other stories, Catherine Brady
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Seven remedies
  • Those who walk during the day
  • Wicked stepmother
  • Looking for a female tenet
  • The dazzling world
  • Slender little thing
  • Scissors, paper, rock
  • The mechanics of falling
  • Last of the true believers
  • Wait for instructions
  • Much have I traveled
Control code
255142189
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xii, 227 pages
Isbn
9780874177633
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2008041133
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)255142189
Label
The mechanics of falling and other stories, Catherine Brady
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Seven remedies
  • Those who walk during the day
  • Wicked stepmother
  • Looking for a female tenet
  • The dazzling world
  • Slender little thing
  • Scissors, paper, rock
  • The mechanics of falling
  • Last of the true believers
  • Wait for instructions
  • Much have I traveled
Control code
255142189
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xii, 227 pages
Isbn
9780874177633
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2008041133
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)255142189

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