You Know When the Men Are Gone

Fallon, Siobhan

ISBN 10 : 1615879501 ISBN 13 : 9781615879502

Editeur : Tantor Media Inc, 2011

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Reminiscent of Raymond Carver and Tim O'Brien, an unforgettable collection of intercollected short stories.

In Fort Hood housing, like all army housing, you get used to hearing through the walls... You learn too much. And you learn to move quietly through your own small domain. You also know when the men are gone. No more boots stomping above, no more football games turned up too high, and, best of all, no more front doors slamming before dawn as they trudge out for their early formation, sneakers on metal stairs, cars starting, shouts to the windows above to throw them down their gloves on cold desert mornings. Babies still cry, telephones ring, Saturday morning cartoons screech, but without the men, there is a sense of muted silence, a sense of muted life.

There is an army of women waiting for their men to return in Fort Hood, Texas. Through a series of loosely interconnected stories, Siobhan Fallon takes readers onto the base, inside the homes, into the marriages and families-intimate places not seen in newspaper articles or politicians' speeches.

When you leave Fort Hood, the sign above the gate warns, You've Survived the War, Now Survive the Homecoming. It is eerily prescient.

Présentation de l'éditeur

“Gripping, straight-up, no-nonsense stories about American soldiers and their families...simple, tough, and true.”—The New York Times

Through fiction of dazzling skill and astonishing emotional force, Siobhan Fallon welcomes readers into the American army base at Fort Hood, Texas, where U.S. soldiers prepare to fight, and where their families are left to cope after the men are gone. They’ll meet a wife who discovers unsettling secrets when she hacks into her husband’s email, and a teenager who disappears as her mother fights cancer. There is the foreign born wife who has tongues wagging over her late hours, and the military intelligence officer who plans a covert mission against his own home.

Powerful, singular, and unforgettable, these stories will resonate deeply with readers and mark the debut of a talent of tremendous note.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tantor Media Inc
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1615879501
• ISBN 13: 9781615879502
• Reliure: Lecteur digital à contenu audio pré-chargé
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible