Big World
A Short Stories, Audiobook, Fiction book. Mary Miller's characters are, for lack of a better word,...
Fiction. Mary Miller's BIG WORLD is the second book and first work of fiction to come out of Short Flight/Long Drive Books, a publishing arm of the independent literary journal Hobart. The characters in Mary Miller's debut short story collection BIG WORLD are at once autonomous and lonesome, possessing both a longing to connect with those around them and a cynicism regarding their ability to do so, whether they're holed up in a motel room in Pigeon Forge with...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 230 pages
- ISBN: 9780974954189 / 974954187
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A collection of short stories set mostly in the south about young women and teenage girls who are lost and trying to figure out if they even want to be found. Spare, unadorned, yet evocative prose that reads a bit like the stuff Carver wouldn't let Lish touch, but tempered with the big-eyed view of youth. In case you can't tell, I really... Sweet Jesus, these are some good short stories! So much said with so little. Characters fully present and interesting. Best use of sexual activity for delineating character also. Most sex in books is kind of tiresome, but here it is used powerfully. Who is this writer? Mary Miller's characters are, for lack of a better word, raw. They put everything, all the ugly thoughts and observations, on the table. These women are fearless in admitting their desires, or as in most cases, their lack of desire. Some stories may be linked, but they stand on their own so effectively there is no need to flip back...
