Bliss and other short stories
Ted Gilley · 2010
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This daring collection of nine stories introduces readers to an edgy vision and a world in which certainties are tested and found wanting. A Cambodian refugee negotiates the icy waters of American social and sexual life. A young couple seeks "peak experiences" to escape grief, only to discover that they've brought it along with them. A teenage girl, unable to face the imminent end of her grandfather's life, risks her own life in an impulsive act. A man's fragile hold on reality becomes the key to his finding, albeit through a terrifying labyrinth, his heart's desire. The characters in "Bliss and Other Short Stories "must find their way to a truth that, though less than perfect, is one they can live with. Finding bliss, it seems, is as much about pain as about pleasure.
Book details
- Year
- 2010
- Language
- English
- Series
- Prairie schooner book prize in fiction
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 125
- ISBN
- 9780803232617
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