Dirt men -- Water -- Things go missing -- Antlerless hunt -- Jumping man -- Lucky gorseman -- Up there -- Irish girl
Irish girl
stories
Published:
c2009
Publisher:
University of North Texas Press, Denton, Tex
"It's dark in here, but brilliant. Tim Johnston is as wise as he is original, and his stories are impossible to forget."David Sedaris Includes stories of loss, absence, and the devastating effects of chance - of what happens when the unthinkable bad...
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Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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"It's dark in here, but brilliant. Tim Johnston is as wise as he is original, and his stories are impossible to forget."David Sedaris Includes stories of loss, absence, and the devastating effects of chance - of what happens when the unthinkable bad luck of other people, of other towns, becomes our bad luck, our town. "This is white-knuckle prose; it means what it says and it says what it means. Not that I count words, but when an image can be etched in fewer than ten, I sit up and take notice. When an image is limned in fewer than five words, I pretty near shiver. The stories in Irish Dirt men -- Water -- Things go missing -- Antlerless hunt -- Jumping man -- Lucky gorseman -- Up there -- Irish girl.
