Atlantic Monthly Pr
Goodnight, Nobody
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Author: Michael Knight
ISBN: 9780871138675
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
Published: 2003
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 192
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: Michael Knight received a special PEN/Hemingway citation for his startling, finely crafted first collection, Dogfight and Other Stories, and The Wall Street Journal called Divining Rod "a potent novel from a talented new author." Goodnight, Nobody, a brilliant collection of stories about rediscovered love, reconciliation, and peace amid the trials of everyday life, proves once again that he is "a genius of the ordinary" (Frederick Barthelme).
In each story, characters are surprised by their mettle even as they recognize their fallibility; they are convinced of the power of love, family, and trust even as they experience the danger of obsession, anger, and simple accident. In the subtle romance "Birdland, " a beautiful ornithologist from up north does her best to deny the lure of a parrot-populated Alabama village and its resident driftwood carver. In the stylistically daring masterpiece "Killing Stonewall Jackson, " a rough band of Confederate soldiers contemplate the distant, fabled Stonewall Jackson, th man who has sent them to a hellish battlefield. Stirring tenderness in equal parts with grit, Michael Knight infuses his luminous new collection with graceful humor and uncommon empathy for the self-destructed.
