Searching for intruders: a novel in stories
β Scribed by Stephen Raleigh Byler
- Publisher
- HarperCollins;Perennial
- Year
- 2002;2003
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 135 KB
- Edition
- 1st Perennial ed
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Stephen Raleigh Byler Unveils In Eleven Stories The Evolving Self-awareness Of Wilson Hues, A Hapless Drifter In Rural Pennsylvania Who Finds Himself, In Strange Moments Of Illumination, Obsessed With The Consequences Of His Own Action And Inaction. Hues Gets Caught In The Throes Of A Male-dominated And Sometimes Violent Home Life And Subculture. His Dark Memories -- Rendered In Vignettes Between Stories That Serve As A Backdrop For His Everyday Life -- Intrude Upon His Relationships With Both Men And Women In Such A Way As To Remind Him Of His Own Tenderness And Weakness. Evocative And Exuberant, Visceral And Reflective, Searching For Intruders Is A Celebration Of Life In All Of Its Beauty And Pain.
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