The Rope Swing: Stories - Softcover

Corcoran, Jonathan

 
9781943665112: The Rope Swing: Stories
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1943665117 ISBN 13: 9781943665112
Verlag: WEST VIRGINIA UNIV PR, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

A once-booming West Virginia rail town no longer has a working train. The residents left behind in this tiny hamlet look to the mountains that surround them on all sides: The outside world encroaches, and the buildings of the gilded past seem to crumble more every day. 

These are the stories of outsiders&;the down and out. What happens to the young boy whose burgeoning sexuality pushes him to the edge of the forest to explore what might be love with another boy? What happens when one lost soul finally makes it to New York City, yet the reminders of his past life are omnipresent? What happens when an old woman struggles to find a purpose and reinvent herself after decades of living in the shadow of her platonic life partner? What happens to those who dare to live their lives outside of the strict confines of the town&;s traditional and regimented ways? 

The characters in The Rope Swing&;gay and straight alike&;yearn for that which seems so close but impossibly far, the world over the jagged peaks of the mountains. 

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jonathan Corcoran received a BA in literary arts from Brown University and an MFA in fiction writing from Rutgers University-Newark. He was born and raised in a small town in West Virginia and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. This is his debut book. Learn more at jonathancorcoranwrites.com. 


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A once-booming West Virginia rail town no longer has a working train. The residents left behind in this tiny hamlet look to the mountains that surround them on all sides: The outside world encroaches, and the buildings of the gilded past seem to crumble more every day. 

These are the stories of outsiders&;the down and out. What happens to the young boy whose burgeoning sexuality pushes him to the edge of the forest to explore what might be love with another boy? What happens when one lost soul finally makes it to New York City, yet the reminders of his past life are omnipresent? What happens when an old woman struggles to find a purpose and reinvent herself after decades of living in the shadow of her platonic life partner? What happens to those who dare to live their lives outside of the strict confines of the town&;s traditional and regimented ways? 

The characters in The Rope Swing&;gay and straight alike&;yearn for that which seems so close but impossibly far, the world over the jagged peaks of the mountains. 

 

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Verlag
WEST VIRGINIA UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1943665117
ISBN 13 
9781943665112
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
144
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