Same place, same things
By: Tim Gautreaux.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Louisiana -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Description: In his stunning debut collection, Tim Gautreaux chronicles the lives of "ordinary" people - a farmer on his porch, a woman fixing her tractor, a train engineer passing through a small town - who face extraordinary circumstances or decisions. The farmer has just learned he must raise his infant granddaughter; the woman is about to watch a helicopter land in her back field; the train engineer will cause a colossal disaster.

Most of these stories are set in Louisiana, and some incorporate the customs and cadences of modern Cajun life. Many are about work and how people do their jobs, from radio announcers to pump repairmen, from bug exterminators to tugboat crews.

. These are stories about real people, stories filled with heart and humor, event and consequence. With an unerring eye for detail and a pitch-perfect ear for language, Tim Gautreaux brings his characters to life in twelve perfectly crafted, beautifully told tales of love, redemption, and second chances. Same Place, Same Things resonates with the hope and possibility of everyday life.
Table of contents: title: Same place, same things; title: Waiting for the evening news; title: Died and gone to Vegas; title: The courtship of Merlin LeBlanc; title: Navigators of thought; title: People on the empty road; title: The bug man; title: Little frogs in a ditch; title: License to steal; title: Floyd's girl; title: Returnings; title: Deputy Sid's gift.