Tunneling to the center of the earth : stories
Wilson, Kevin, 1978-2021
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In Tunneling to the Centre of the Earth, Kevin Wilson's characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly between the real and the imagined, the mundane and the fantastic. 'Grand Stand-In' is narrated by an employee of the Nuclear Family Supplemental Provider-a company that supplies 'stand-ins' for families with deceased, ill, or just plain mean grandparents. And in 'Blowing Up on the Spot', a young woman works sorting tiles at a Scrabble factory after her parents have spontaneously combusted. Southern gothic at its best, laced with humour and pathos, the wonderfully inventive stories in Tunneling to the Centre of the Earth explore the relationship between loss and death and the many ways we try to cope with both.
Main title:
Tunneling to the center of the earth : stories / Kevin Wilson.
Author:
Wilson, Kevin, 1978-, author
Imprint:
Melbourne, Victoria : Text Publishing, 2021.©2009
Collation:
xvi, 208 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
"With a new introduction by the author" --Front cover.
Contents:
Grand stand-in -- Blowing up on the spot -- The dead sister handbook: a guide for sensitive boys -- Birds in the house -- Mortal kombat -- Tunneling to the center of the earth -- The shooting man -- The choir director affair (the baby's teeth) -- Go, fight, win -- The museum of whatnot -- Worst-case scenario.
ISBN:
9781911231370 (pbk)9781911231370
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
424214
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Paperbacks | W | Onloan - Due: 17 Jul 2025 |