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Dubus's masterful first collection, in which he brings to life the human condition - in all its sorrow and beauty. For the men and women in Andre Dubus's poignant debut collection, life and love are not without their tribulations. The devout endeavor to reconcile the demands of their faith with their most basic human inclinations. A doctor is confronted with his limitations as a man. Husbands and wives seek solace in the beds of others, even as their...
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In his third collection, Andre Dubus plumbs the dark depths of the human condition. The ominous tone of this exquisite collection is established at its onset, as a bereaved father stalks the man who murdered his son. Three stories later, a college student suffers a violent death at the hands of her boyfriend. And in later episodes, relationships falter and fail, not all fatalities being of the flesh. Featuring some of the Dubus canon's most haunting...
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Yet another tour de force from an American master of fiction In his fifth collection of short fiction, Andre Dubus exhibits his remarkable storytelling range. In "Deaths at Sea," two naval officers, one black and one white, must come to terms with a history and an institution steeped in racism. "After the Game" tells the story of a Hispanic shortstop on a major-league baseball team who suddenly and without explanation loses his mind. And in "Rose,"...
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«En voz baja, como si estuviera conspirando, en esa extraña intimidad que se había creado entre ellos, le habló del amor. No tenía idea de cuándo dejó de amar a su esposo, dijo. En cierto sentido, estaba feliz de que hubiera sucedido tan tarde, porque en ese momento seguramente ya había dejado de creer en el amor. No, dijo Robert, debe haber sucedido lo contrario. Ella lo pensó, encendió un cigarrillo y luego le dijo que sí, que probablemente...
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