The Thin Tear in the Fabric of Space gathers stories about coping with grief, trying to love people who have died, and - more broadly - leaving old versions of the self behind, sometimes by choice and sometimes out of necessity. In each of the nine stories, Douglas Trevor's characters are forced to face uncomfortable realities. For Elena Gavrushnekov in the title story, that means admitting after the death of her beloved that she still longs for contact with other human bodies. For Peter in Central Square, it is realizing ...
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The Thin Tear in the Fabric of Space gathers stories about coping with grief, trying to love people who have died, and - more broadly - leaving old versions of the self behind, sometimes by choice and sometimes out of necessity. In each of the nine stories, Douglas Trevor's characters are forced to face uncomfortable realities. For Elena Gavrushnekov in the title story, that means admitting after the death of her beloved that she still longs for contact with other human bodies. For Peter in Central Square, it is realizing that, like his deceased father before him, he is drinking himself to death. Unable to confront his incapacitated mother and the memory of the plane crash that killed his father, Edwin Morris in Saint Francis in Flint is compelled to acknowledge that his saintly aspirations are not what they appear to be, while Sharon Mackaney in The Surprising Weight of the Body's Organs struggles with uncontrollable outbursts of rage in the wake of her young son's death. In moments of great pain and loss, when self-expression seems impossible and terribly useless, the characters in these stories nonetheless discover the tenderness of others. French girl with whom he can only just communicate has bred intense, almost intuitive compassion, while in Fellowship of the Bereaved, the disconsolate brother of the deceased sister who occupies the empty center of the story uncovers not only anger in his parents but also empathy and humor. As these characters persevere in their own lives, they do so mindful of, and humanized by, the experiences of having seen people they know and love slip unexpectedly into the thin tear in the fabric of space: that quiet chasm that so resolutely separates the living from the dead.
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Fine. First edition. Fine in wraps. Signed by the author. Winner of the 2005 Iowa Short Fiction Award. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn.
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