{"product_id":"understanding-andre-dubus-olivia-carr-edenfield-9781611177404","title":"Understanding Andre Dubus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn overview of a canon influenced by military service, faith, and a life-changing accident\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndre Dubus (1936-1999), the author of short stories, novellas, essays, and two novels, is perhaps best known as the author of the story \"Killings,\" which was adapted into the film \u003ci\u003eIn the Bedroom, \u003c\/i\u003e a nominee for five Academy Awards in 2001. His work received many awards, including the PEN New England Award, the PEN Malamud Award, the Rea Award for the Short Story, and the Jean Stein Award. In \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Andre Dubus, \u003c\/i\u003e Olivia Carr Edenfield focuses on the major influences that span Dubus's canon--his Catholic upbringing, Marine Corps service, and turn to fiction at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, as well as the influence that a life-threatening accident had on his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdenfield traces how Dubus's experiences serve as a backdrop for the major themes that run through his work: faith, family, and infidelity. His marriages, the complex relationships with his children, and his difficult recovery from a car accident exerted a powerful influence on his work. Dubus also took up the complicated themes of love and marriage, fatherhood and faith, and despair and spiritual healing; his subjects and style were influenced significantly by Ernest Hemingway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Dubus's novel \u003ci\u003eBroken Vessels\u003c\/i\u003e was named a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize in 1991, he returned to writing short stories, the genre for which he is still renowned. He focused on a character much like himself who had to learn to navigate the world while afflicted with physical and spiritual disability. In 1996 he published his critically acclaimed short story cycle \u003ci\u003eDancing after Hours, \u003c\/i\u003e an appropriate ending to a career that celebrated the healing power of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olivia Carr Edenfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611177405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611177404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Olivia Carr Edenfield","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48436878442751,"sku":"9781611177404","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_29ca0608-80db-4a85-9123-a46090c7c51d.jpg?v=1777158382","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-andre-dubus-olivia-carr-edenfield-9781611177404","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}