The Water Diviner and Other Stories - Couverture souple

Vilhauer, Ruvanee Pietersz

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1609385985 ISBN 13 : 9781609385989

Editeur : University of Iowa Press, 2018

Synopsis

In this thought-provoking collection, Sri Lankan immigrants grapple with events that challenge perspectives and alter lives. A volunteer faces memories of wartime violence when she meets a cantankerous old lady on a Meals on Wheels route. A lonely widow obsessed with an impending apocalypse meets an oddly inspiring man. A maidservant challenges class divisions when she becomes an American professor's wife. An angry tenant fights suspicion when her landlord is burgled. Hardened inmates challenge a young jail psychiatrist's competence. A father wonders whether to expose his young son's bully at a basketball game. A student facing poverty courts a benefactor. And in the depths of an isolated Wyoming winter, a woman tries to resist a con artist. These and other tales explore the immigrant experience with a piercing authenticity.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Iowa Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1609385985
• ISBN 13: 9781609385989
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne