American Falls: The Collected Short Stories; Author: Gifford, Barry; Hardback; Book

Author: Gifford, Barry
Hardback; Book
251 pages
Published: May 2002
Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 158322470X

The stories in this collection range in period, style, and theme from the 1950s to the present, from absurdist to romantic, from childhood innocence to murder and revenge. In the title story, a Japanese American motel owner chooses not to betray a total stranger wanted for murder when the police come looking for him. In the novella The Lonely and the Lost, a small towns inhabitants solve their problems as best they can until it comes time for the devil to reap what they have sown. Weaving dark and light, sinister and comic, award-winning author Gifford writes about people America has given up for lost. This is the first major short story collection from a master of the vignette (The New York Times).Dark and light intermix in this masterful collection, where there are no simple endings, only happy beginnings.