Jesus is sending you this message
Subtitle: stories
By: Jim Grimsley ; with an introduction by Dorothy Allison.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alyson Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781593501006
Subjects: Short stories, American.
Description: "An expedition into the complex nature of human existence, Jim Grimsley's elegant and dexterous stories slowly, with a powerful voice, take an iron grip on his readers and offer an authentic vision of a stark, and oftening unforgiving, world. Grimsley explores the dark edges and limitations of the human soul in this collection: a bachelor believes Jesus is sending him a message on his commuter train; an oil tycoon finds the meaning of life in a wayward jet; a young southern woman hopes to find a larger purpose to life before it's too late. Grimsley's fondness for fantasy and sci-fi elements, such as human cloning, often show up in his stories, lending his writing another layer of the fantastical."--Page 4 of cover.
Table of contents: title: The virtual maiden; title: House on the edge; title: Stanley Karenina; title: New Jerusalem; title: Walk through Birdland; title: God box; title: Aqua Velva man; title: We move in a rigorous line; title: Jesus is sending you this message; title: Peggy's plan; title: Unbending eye; title: Wendy; title: Silver bullet; title: City and park; title: Silence being golden; title: Appetite City.