The Disappeared: Stories

The Disappeared: Stories - Paperback

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The Disappeared: Stories

The Disappeared: Stories - Paperback

by Andrew Porter
$19.00
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Book Overview

by Andrew Porter (Author)

A collection of stories that trace the threads of loss and displacement running through all our lives, by the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Theory of Light and Matter

"What a beautiful book about the profound mystery of ordinary life." --Alix Ohlin, author of We Want What We Want

A husband and wife hear a mysterious bump in the night. A father mourns the closeness he has lost with his son. A friendship with a married couple turns into a dangerous codependency. With gorgeous sensitivity, assurance, and a propulsive sense of menace, these stories center on disappearances both literal and figurative--lives and loves that are cut short, the vanishing of one's youthful self. From San Antonio to Austin, from the clamor of a crowded restaurant to the cigarette at a lonely kitchen table, Andrew Porter captures each of these relationships mid-flight, every individual life punctuated by loss and beauty and need. The Disappeared reaffirms the undeniable artistry of a contemporary master of the form.

Author Biography

ANDREW PORTER is the author of the story collection The Theory of Light and Matter and the novel In Between Days. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he has received a Pushcart Prize, a James Michener/Copernicus Fellowship, and the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. His work has appeared in One Story, The Threepenny Review, Ploughshares, Narrative, The Southern Review, and on Public Radio's Selected Shorts. Currently, he teaches fiction writing

Number of Pages: 240
Dimensions: 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN
Publication Date: February 25, 2025
ISBN9780593467411
Author Andrew Porter
PublisherVintage
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages240
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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