Tunneling to the Center of the Earth: Stories
of Kevin Wilson (Goodreads Author)
Description
Kevin Wilson's characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly between the real and the imagined, the mundane and the fantastic. "Grand Stand-In" is narrated by an employee of a Nuclear Family Supplemental Providerâa company that supplies "stand-ins" for families with deceased, ill, or just plain mean grandparents. And in "Blowing Up On the Spot," a young woman works sorting tiles at a Scrabble factory after her parents have spontaneously combusted.Southern gothic at its best, laced with humor and pathos, these wonderfully inventive stories explore the relationship between loss and death and the many ways we try to cope with both.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224 pages
- Publisher Ecco
- Publication Date March 31st 2009
- First Publication 03/25/09
- Language English
- ISBN 9780061579028
- Edition Not informed
- Category Poetry & Essays
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