Empty Bed Blues: StoriesUniversity of Missouri Press, 1 apr. 2006 - 208 pagini The fifteen stories of George Garrett’s Empty Bed Blues (his eighth book-length collection) are vintage Garrett—no two alike—with each moving, one way and another, in new and daring directions. His stories are deeply concerned with the old verities of love and death and filled with the joys and woes of characters who come to life and command our attention. Diversity is the key word for Garrett’s short fiction. He works in every known form and invents a few himself. In “A Story Goes with It,” Garrett fondly remembers an old friend while retelling a story the man once told him. Most of it is probably not accurate, as Garrett is quick to admit, but the mixture of fact with fiction makes for an entertaining read. His stories turn like the sharp curves of a mountain road, abruptly changing from a fond trip down memory lane to a sleazy reporter’s quest along the backroads for the ultimate crime story in “Pornographers.”He tops off his collection with “A Short History of the Civil War,” a series of poems written by two participants: one a Confederate, the other a Yankee. In the marriage of fact and fiction, of comedy and pathos, and the music of many voices, the stories of Empty Bed Blues reconfirm the judgment of novelist and story writer Richard Bausch, who said in 1998: “There is no writer on the American scene with a more versatile, more eclectic, or more restless talent than George Garrett.” |
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... once , though , and his father corrected him . “ Listen , boy , he's rusty and he hasn't been well . But believe me , I'm here to tell you , he was some kind of a baseball player . A real pleasure to watch . " " Minor league ...
... once tried to teach him how to play the game.) They are close to home now. They have left the raw, wide field behind and are coming under a dark canopy of shade. Houses with green crisp lawns, dark earth and, here and there, a sprinkler ...
... once . All turn toward the door . The music , that lively and cheerful little tune , dies instantly as if cut off by a switch . CLOSE SHOT : HITLER Complete silence . Freeze - frame except for slight fixed smile of recognition . Word ...
... once . Even though I am the one telling you this tale , it's really Eddie's story as he told it to me , and as I remember it , a long time ago . Eddie , my old and good friend , is dead and gone now , I'm sorry to say . We miss him ...
Stories George Garrett. problem . The four men who landed there scattered at once and didn't get caught until later on . The other group landed on Long Island . On the quiet and foggy night of June 13 , 1942 , near midnight , four ...
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3 A SHORT HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR | 50 |
4 THE MISERY AND THE GLORY OF TEXAS PETE | 57 |
5 TANKS | 61 |
6 EMPTY BED BLUES | 69 |
7 GHOST ME WHAT S HOLY NOW | 83 |
8 Spilling the Beans | 105 |
9 Pornographers | 117 |
10 With My BodyI Thee Worship | 124 |
11 HEROES | 147 |
12 A PERFECT STRANGER | 155 |
13 GATOR BAIT | 164 |
EPILOGUE | 177 |