Referred pain
Subtitle: and other stories
By: Lynne Sharon Schwartz.
Publisher: Counterpoint
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Description: "In the title novella, Koslowski, beset by a kind of survivor's guilt, insists to the point of absurdity that his elaborate dental work is emblematic of his immigrant parents' suffering in World War II. In "Francesca," a mild-mannered professor finds himself calmly contemplating incest, and in "Hostages to Fortune," a seemingly conventional couple construct a sadly macabre version of family life. The journalist in "Sightings of Loretta" realizes he has spent years pursuing a chimerical, unfulfilled romance, while oblivious to his own wife. Several of the stories take place in the surreal realm of fantasy itself; "Deadly Nightshade" is a whimsical conjecture about the first woman brave enough to eat a tomato, long considered poisonous."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Heatpage; title: Hostages to fortune; title: Twisted tales; title: Referred pain; title: The Stone master; title: The trip to Halawa Valley; title: The word; title: Intrusions; title: Sightings of Loretta; title: By a dimming light; title: Deadly nightshade; title: Francesca.