Author

Publication

1999 - University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri

Language

English

Word Count

39,750 words, Guess

Page Count

159 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing1054722
  • Goodreads358191

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3555.L94 A82 1999

Description

Loners of one sort or another populate Ely's fiction, from a young man discharged from the marines and working as a solitary gamekeeper to a Vietnam veteran turned professor who exchanges favorable grades for sexual favors from his students. Whatever their situations, these characters all feel a deep sense of loss and alienation from the world around them. Ely's perceptions about the desire to find security as well as the rhythms of his prose, his vivid detail, and the fullness of his characters make The Angel of the Garden a compelling collection of short fiction.

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