The Goodness of St. Rocque: And Other Stories - Couverture souple

Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1444434721 ISBN 13 : 9781444434729

Editeur : Aeterna, 2026

Synopsis

In The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories, Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson gathers vivid tales of New Orleans, Louisiana bayous, Gulf Coast communities, and the lives shaped by love, poverty, race, faith, music, memory, and longing. These stories move through carnival streets, overflowing bayous, convent walls, humble kitchens, fishing villages, and old Creole households, revealing a world rich with beauty and sorrow. In “The Goodness of Saint Rocque,” devotion and desire meet in a plea for grace; elsewhere, violin music, pralines, lost children, disappointed lovers, and quiet acts of endurance illuminate ordinary hearts under pressure. Dunbar-Nelson writes with delicacy, sympathy, and sharp observation, preserving voices and customs often overlooked by mainstream American literature. Her characters are tender, proud, foolish, generous, and wounded, caught between tradition and change in a society marked by class divisions and racial complexity. Blending local colour, emotional realism, and lyrical atmosphere, this collection offers intimate glimpses of Southern life at the turn of the twentieth century. For readers interested in classic American short fiction, Creole culture, women writers, and the hidden dramas of everyday people, these stories remain graceful, haunting, and quietly powerful with human truth and historical texture in every carefully drawn scene and voice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Aeterna
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1444434721
• ISBN 13: 9781444434729
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 72
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne