Author

Publication

1997-10-15 - St. Martin's Griffin

Language

English

Word Count

48,000 words, Guess

Page Count

192 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100312167881
  • ISBN-139780312167882
  • LibraryThing1088596
  • Goodreads428344
  • OCLC Control Number38213018
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780312167882
  • Open LibraryOL9326231M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3566.I23 B58 1996

Description

In this extraordinary first book of stories, Tom Piazza delivers a tough and haunting vision of an America where the social, emotional, and spiritual ground shifts constantly underfoot. Set in Memphis, Florida, New York, New Orleans, and elsewhere, Blues And Trouble offers a series of startling portraits - the troubled family of a Gulf Coast fisherman awaits a hurricane, a Jewish couple visiting the South encounter a dealer in Nazi memorabilia, an aging rock and roll piano player confronts an adoring specter from his past - alternating with a series of "blueses," shorter, voice-driven pieces that evoke a unique and uncanny mood of longing.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Blues and TroublePaperbackSt. Martin's Griffin1997-10-15

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