Unbend the River [electronic resource]
Murphy, Devin2024
eBook
The linked stories in Unbend the River are set along a forested stretch of land between Lake Erie and the upper Allegheny River in Western New York, places dense with rivers, hills, and forest. The characters, all of whom are tied to a modern knife manufacturing plant, illustrate all the ways love and longing shapeshift over the course of a long life. A host of elderly hockey players, Franciscan Friars, loser heroes, budding conmen, and unintentional historians are all wired to search for meaning. Each flash their creative genius when fighting off idleness, anger, and disappointment. They build nightmare hotrods and race school buses; train wild dogs, homing pigeons, and dancing horses; and fight wildfires and grasshopper swarms. They crash headlong into the chaos, confusion, and confluence of their homes, never losing their energy to seek out the essential miracles hidden all around them.
Main title:
Unbend the River [electronic resource] / Devin Murphy
Author:
Murphy, Devin, Author
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Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Black Lawrence Press, 2024
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Devin Murphy is a national bestselling author of the novels The Boat Runner and Tiny Americans, published by Harper Perennial, and the story collection Unbend the River, published by Black Lawrence Press. He is a Professor of Creative Writing at Bradley University.
ISBN:
9781625571892
Language:
English
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BRN:
655572
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