In this Book
- The Lousy Adult
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction
summary
Ten short stories depict a kaleidoscope of characters—maybe even someone you know.In The Lousy Adult, William J. Cobb reveals a world where love and respect collide with achievement and desire, a world where people often get what they want, yet must pay the price of alienation, remorse, and retribution in order to obtain it.In “The Sea Horse,” a teenage boy defends a battered woman against her abusive husband while he deals with the loss of his own parents. In “Warsaw, 1984,” a young man travels through Europe and ends up in a relationship in a country he can’t understand. The Lousy Adult presents ten short stories about defrocked priests, guilty electricians, hardened mothers, and other colorful characters who portray the complexity of the human race.Praise for William J. Cobb's The Fire Eaters"Cobb's short stories, printed in the New Yorker and other magazines, hinted at the power he displays in this beautifully controlled and convincing debut, winner of the 1992 Associated Writing Programs award for the novel."—Publisher's Weekly
Table of Contents
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- The Lousy Adult
- pp. 1-28
- The Sea Horse
- pp. 29-42
- Warsaw, 1984
- pp. 60-77
- This Whatever We Have
- pp. 78-101
- The Next Worst Thing
- pp. 102-120
- What Happens to Rain?
- pp. 121-135
- That Night at the Café
- pp. 136-166
- Next Stop Palookaville
- pp. 167-181
- The Hidden Jesus
- pp. 182-202
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 203-216
Additional Information
ISBN
9781421411484
Related ISBN(s)
9781421411477
MARC Record
OCLC
868223114
Pages
216
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No