In this Book
- Heavier Than Air: Stories
- Book
- 2006
- Published by: University of Massachusetts Press
- Series: Associated Writing Program Award for Short Fiction
summary
Throughout this collection, which was plucked from a pile of 300 manuscripts and awarded the Grace Paley Prize in short fiction, Caspers details the many ways reality can interfere with our dreams. Not surprisingly, dissatisfaction becomes a dominant theme. . . . Many of Caspers's stories are set in Minnesota's cattle and dairy country, and all of them traffic in the kind of Midwestern realism that doesn't rely on pyrotechnics to generate dramatic heat. Throughout, Caspers's people—it's difficult to consider some of them mere characters—question the decisions they've made or the ones they refuse to make. There's nothing flashy about Caspers's prose; like the beauty of the prairie itself, its attraction lies in details seen up close.New York Times Book Review
Table of Contents
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- Country Girls
- pp. 1-24
- Wide Like an Eagle’s Wings
- pp. 25-50
- La Maison de Madame Durard
- pp. 51-64
- Mr. Hellerman’s Vacation
- pp. 65-82
- The EE Cry
- pp. 83-96
- Vegetative States
- pp. 107-120
- The Fifth Season
- pp. 141-156
- Heavier Than Air
- pp. 157-172
Additional Information
ISBN
9781613760789
Related ISBN(s)
9781558495562
MARC Record
OCLC
608083610
Pages
208
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No