Bear and his daughter
Subtitle: stories
By: Robert Stone.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Description: In "Miserere," Mary Urquhart is a widowed librarian whose unspeakable secret concerning the death of her husband and children causes her to undertake a most unusual and grisly role in the anti-abortion crusade. In his classic and widely anthologized story " Helping" Stone examines with beautifully composed acuity a moment of climactic confrontation in the life of Elliot, a therapist beset by his own demons.

Reminiscent of Dog Soldiers and A Flag for Sunrise, "Under the Pitons" is a harrowing story about Blessington, a somewhat reluctant participant in a drug-running scheme, and the grim and unexpected consequences of his involvement. And finally, the title story, a novella published here for the first time, is a powerful, riveting account of the tangled lines that weave together the relationship of a father and his grown daughter.
Table of contents: title: Miserere; title: Absence of mercy; title: Porque no tiene, porque le falta; title: Helping; title: Under the pitons; title: Aquarius obscured; title: Bear and his daughter.