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A widely celebrated novelist gives us a generous collection of exhilarating short stories, proving that he is a master of this genre as well. Once again, "he reminds us," wrote The Miami Herald, "that great writing is a timeless art."
After the stunning historical novels The Clearing and The Missing, Tim Gautreaux now ranges freely through contemporary life with twelve new stories and eight from previous collections. Most are set in his beloved Louisiana, many hard by or on the Mississippi River, others in North Carolina and even in midwinter Minnesota. But generally it's heat, humidity, and bugs that beset his people as they wrestle with affairs of the heart, matters of faith, and the pros and cons of tight-knit communities--a remarkable cast of characters, primarily of the working class, proud and knowledgeable about the natural or mechanical world, their lives marked by a prized stereo or a magical sewing machine retrieved from a locked safe, boats and card games and casinos, grandparents and grandchildren and those in between, their experiences leading them to the ridiculous or the scarifying or the sublime; most of them striving for what's right and good, others tearing off in the opposite direction.
After the stunning historical novels The Clearing and The Missing, Tim Gautreaux now ranges freely through contemporary life with twelve new stories and eight from previous collections. Most are set in his beloved Louisiana, many hard by or on the Mississippi River, others in North Carolina and even in midwinter Minnesota. But generally it's heat, humidity, and bugs that beset his people as they wrestle with affairs of the heart, matters of faith, and the pros and cons of tight-knit communities--a remarkable cast of characters, primarily of the working class, proud and knowledgeable about the natural or mechanical world, their lives marked by a prized stereo or a magical sewing machine retrieved from a locked safe, boats and card games and casinos, grandparents and grandchildren and those in between, their experiences leading them to the ridiculous or the scarifying or the sublime; most of them striving for what's right and good, others tearing off in the opposite direction.
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“Tim Gautreaux takes slices of life and serves them up in this pie worth revisiting for seconds and thirds. Signals explores human nature and reveals something about each one of us—good and bad. Mr. Gautreaux's matter-of-fact storytelling style still manages to paint the most vivid word pictures of his characters, their settings and their motivations. In his opening lines, he picks up his readers and transports them smack dab in the middle of someone's life and leads them along like some Ghost of Life Past/Present/Future. Before you know it, you're back in your reading chair with a deeper understanding of yourself and those around you, surrounded by a swirl of feelings.
I had the privilege of hearing Mr. Gautreaux speak on two separate occasions and got to meet him once as well—though I was too star-struck and shy to say a whole lot that he'd recall. He was as kind and approachable as his stories are affecting and lasting. I look forward to reading more of his collections as well as his novels. Perhaps next time I bump into him around the book tables, I'll do a bit more than stammer.”
About Tim Gautreaux
TIM GAUTREAUX is the author of three novels and two earlier short story collections. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Best American Short Stories, The Atlantic, Harper's, and GQ. After teaching for thirty years at Southeastern Louisiana University, he now lives, with his wife, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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