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High Lonesome
A Literary Fiction Novel by Barry Hannah
Subgenres:
- Short Stories,
- Dark Comedy,
- Contemporary American
This book is for you if you're into...
- Dark humor woven through stories of loss and memory
- Fishing scenes that turn mythic and transformative
- Friendships haunted by shared grief and complicated pasts
A darkly comic, fiercely tragic, and strikingly original odyssey into contemporary American life by "the Jimi Hendrix of American short fiction" (Interview).
The thirteen masterful tales in this collection by the award-winning author of Airships and Bats Out of Hell explore lost moments in time with intensity, emotion, and an eye to the past.
In "Uncle High Lonesome," a young man recalls an uncle's drinking binges and the rage unleashed, hinting at dark waters of distress.
Fishing is transformed into a life-altering, almost mystical event in "A Creature in the Bay of St. Louis."
And in "Snerd and Niggero," a deep friendship between two men is inspired by the loss of a woman they both loved.
Viewed through memory and time's distance, Barry Hannah's characters are brightly illuminated figures from a lost time, whose occasionally bleak lives are still uncommonly true.
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