Tough Day for the Army : Stories
The stories in John Warner's Tough Day for the Army move from hilarious and biting to unsettling and sad-sometimes within the span of a few pages. Mining the absurdities, confusions, and hypocrisies of our contemporary times, these stories raise questions such as: What would happen if Jesus Chr...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Baton Rouge :
LSU Press,
2014.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | The stories in John Warner's Tough Day for the Army move from hilarious and biting to unsettling and sad-sometimes within the span of a few pages. Mining the absurdities, confusions, and hypocrisies of our contemporary times, these stories raise questions such as: What would happen if Jesus Christ played minor league hockey before he became the Son of God (""Second Careers"")? What would you do if a group of poets in search of inspiration appeared on your farm (""Poet Farmers"")?Many of the stories upend expectations of the act of storytelling, as in ""Corrections and Clarifications, "" written. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (168 pages). |
ISBN: | 9780807158036 |