In this Book
- The Surprising Place: Stories
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: University of Massachusetts Press
- Series: Juniper Prize for Fiction
summary
A synchronized swimming coach pops pills during practice, a bagpiper cold-cocks a hawk, and an orphan puts her fist through a window, discovering in the engine noise of a jet passing overhead, the perfect witness to her inner pain. In this debut collection from prizewinning short story writer Malinda McCollum, people adrift in the American Midwest struggle to find their way in the world, with few signposts for guidance. Set largely in Des Moines, Iowa, over the expanse of several decades, these twelve stories explore the surprising places where our outsized longings may lead us. In prose as lean and unflinching as an Iowa winter, these stories offer confrontation and consolation in equal measure.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xii
- The Surprising Place
- He Ain’t Jesus
- pp. 1-20
- The Fifth Wall
- pp. 21-47
- Think Straight
- pp. 48-69
- Wonderland of Rocks
- pp. 87-101
- Your Big Sister
- pp. 119-122
- House of Troubles
- pp. 123-134
- Three Days Dirty
- Good Monks
- pp. 148-167
- Smart Life
- pp. 168-190
- The Surprising Place
- pp. 191-199
Additional Information
ISBN
9781613765883
Related ISBN(s)
9781613765890, 9781625343482
MARC Record
OCLC
1019834495
Pages
224
Launched on MUSE
2018-07-11
Language
English
Open Access
No