A Primitive Heart: Stories
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- Synopsis
- Tales from the Tony Award–winning playwright: &“Not only an exhibition of David Rabe&’s acclaimed dramatic powers but also proof of his narrative magic&” (Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate). David Rabe, playwright of Hurlyburly and In the Boom Boom Room, brings his intense vision to the world of fiction with a short story collection of astonishing range and versatility. Whether he is writing about a marriage shadowed by the unacknowledged discord of a risky pregnancy, a group of men whose attempt to settle an account launches them toward unexpected violence, or a young journalist who believes he&’s escaped his Catholic roots only to be forced again to confront them by a priest who once mentored his writing, Rabe&’s strong, true voice tenders an inimitable portrait of America and offers benediction to her lost souls. A Primitive Heart confirms the mastery of a writer and establishes David Rabe as an exciting voice in fiction. &“Rabe has a way of implicating the reader—of creating a near-claustrophobic bond with his restless characters, writing so convincingly that the subtext becomes almost palpable, accruing darkly, like a storm. Okay: I&’m eating my heart out.&” —Ann Beattie, PEN/Malamud Award–winner &“These are gripping stories, hard to put aside, that cut so close to primitive emotional truths that they can be painful to read . . . That vivid confusion—the desire to understand something more primitive than thought—makes these stories unforgettable.&” —The Seattle Times &“David Rabe demonstrates in this new collection of short stories that his talent for dialogue is just as dazzling inside a prose narrative as it is on stage.&” —The Baltimore Sun
- Copyright:
- 2005
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 304 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780802196859
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780802142771
- Publisher:
- Grove Atlantic
- Date of Addition:
- 09/01/23
- Copyrighted By:
- David Rabe
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.