Abundant Light: Short Fiction (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780870137198)

Abundant Light, Valerie Miner's fourth collection of short fiction, reveals a master storyteller writing in her prime. This collection looks closely at definitions of family and asks how this fragile and frightening entity can shape us, nurture us, or even destroy us. These stories also explore friendship as it is enriched by differences in nationality, race, class, and gender. Whether set in Calcutta, Cornwall, Alberta, Edinburgh, or the Coastal Range of California, each story is imbued with a resonant spirit of place. Light is a presence and metaphor in each of these stories, physical light as well as light ranging through human insight and reflection, as characters face the possibilities of forgiveness, acceptance and reunion. This collection contains stories from the best literary journals, The Georgia Review, New Letters, Salmagundi, Southwest Review, Prairie Schooner, as well as from BBC Radio 4 and Ms.

Author: Valerie Miner
ISBN-10: 0870137190
ISBN-13: 9780870137198
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/31/2004
Pages: 190
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.04w x 0.60d
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Nominee