Author

Publication

2011 - Graywolf Press, Minnesota

Language

English

Word Count

46,250 words, Guess

Page Count

185 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCPS3618.A9828 A84 2011

Description

The American West has long been a place where myth and legend have flourished. Where men stood tall and lived rough. But that West is no more. In its place Shann Ray finds washed up basketball players, businessmen hiding addictions, and women fighting the inexplicable violence that wells up in these men. A son struggles to accept his father's apologies after surviving a childhood of beatings. Two men seek empty basketball hoops on a snowy night, hoping to relive past glory. A bull rider skips town and rides herd on an unruly mob of passengers as he searches for a thief on a train threading through Montana's Rocky Mountains. In these stories, Ray grapples with the terrible hurt we inflict on those we love, and finds that reconciliation, if far off, is at least possible. .

Subjects

Other Editions

  • American masculine: storiesGraywolf Press2011-01-01

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