The imaginary lives of mechanical men : stories /
The mechanical men in these stories-Industrial Age holdovers, outsiders wanting for relevance and respect, or overwhelmed people who confuse the certainties of one reality with the doubts of another-are cut off in some way from contemporary culture. Sometimes in these stories, which Randy F. Nelson...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Athens :
University of Georgia Press,
©2006.
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Series: | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Mechanical men
- They have replaceable valves and filters: The cave ; Here's a shot of us at the Grand Canyon ; Food is fuel ; Abuduction ; The guardian
- The ticking and tocking of their hearts: Cutters ; Breaker ; River story ; In the picking room
- Two who drowned: Refiner's fire ; Pulp life
- One who got away: Escape.