A bright soothing noise.:

The title, A Bright Soothing Noise, refers to the sound that fire makes, promising not only warmth and light but also violence and destruction. Brown's greatest hero is Frank O'Connor, and like O'Connor's his stories uncover the final bleakness of a national life but in the same...

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1. Verfasser: Brown, Peter, 1956-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Denton : University of North Texas Press, 2010.
Schriftenreihe:Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction series ; no. 9.
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Zusammenfassung:The title, A Bright Soothing Noise, refers to the sound that fire makes, promising not only warmth and light but also violence and destruction. Brown's greatest hero is Frank O'Connor, and like O'Connor's his stories uncover the final bleakness of a national life but in the same moment glow with its promise of love and life and belonging. Brown's Americans will try almost anything to connect. They tend to drink too much, to drive too fast, are a little too violent in their passions and even a little too religious. Too often they believe, they trust-and then again they don't, depending not so m.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (223 pages)
Auszeichnungen:"2010 Winner, Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction."
ISBN:9781574413311
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