Jellyfish: Fictions - Couverture souple

McCaig, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798985347708

Editeur : New Bay Books LLC, 2022

Synopsis

Deep dives into the human character underlie Mark McCaig's

fast-read glimpses of what at first blush would seem momentary

absurdities. There's Pinkii, who became deeply obsessed with her little

toes and the fifth phalanges of all creatures. The stamp collector deeply

troubled by the busyness of the USPS modern-day art, preferring the

stately look that adorned envelopes decades in the past. The facial

recognition practitioner who dispensed immediate names, among

them Jellyfish, to a cousin, and Weasel, a lawyer on her elevator.

McCaig, a pioneering educator, presents appealing stories you can

knock out any time, perhaps when you're waiting for somebody,

or something. On hold with your doctor? His rapid-read takes,

steeped in technology, at times relate uncomfortable truths.

In Upgrade, a 200-word rapier treatment of the cell-phone

era, he contrasts the gleeful girl with her new prize at a cell

phone store with the Asian girl disassembling trade-ins at a

poisonous e-waste dump under the leering eyes of her oppressor.

In the best tradition of flash fiction, Jellyfish illuminates pains, excesses

and charming realities in the human condition-all in a flash.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Mark McCaig is a school founder, father, and lifelong follower of the birds and stars over the western shore of Chesapeake Bay. He teaches at the University of Maryland Global College and Notre Dame University of Maryland. has received multiple grants in poetry from the Maryland State Arts Council. His poems have appeared in many journals, occasionally winning prizes.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Bay Books LLC
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798985347708
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 32
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible