The Theory of Light and Matter by Andrew Porter
Andrew Porter's stories offer a stunningly astute vision of contemporary American suburbia, full of tension, heartbreak and emotional complexity - the work of an important new voice. These ten stories take us across the country - from rural Pennsylvania to suburban Connecticut - and deep into characters struggling to find meaning in their day-to-day lives. A childless couple, craving the affection of an exchange student, fail to set set the boundaries that would keep him safe. And in the title story, a college student looking for her soul mate confronts an impossible choice.
Andrew Porter's fiction is thoughtful, lucid and highly controlled. . He has the kind of voice one can accept as universal - honest and grave, with transparency as its adornment -- Marilynne Robinson
An exquisite collection. . . [With] hard-won grit and imagination to spare * Time Out New York *
A true master of the short story, a writer of honesty and plainspoken poetry who knows the human soul in all its light and shadow and harnesses every sentence to the purpose of revealing it -- Kevin Brockmeier
Luminous . . . Porter's writing [is] in direct dialogue with the work of John Cheever and Raymond Carver . . . A memorable debut that honors the history of the short story form while blazing a new trajectory all its own * Atlanta Journal-Constitution *
An exquisite collection. . . [With] hard-won grit and imagination to spare * Time Out New York *
A true master of the short story, a writer of honesty and plainspoken poetry who knows the human soul in all its light and shadow and harnesses every sentence to the purpose of revealing it -- Kevin Brockmeier
Luminous . . . Porter's writing [is] in direct dialogue with the work of John Cheever and Raymond Carver . . . A memorable debut that honors the history of the short story form while blazing a new trajectory all its own * Atlanta Journal-Constitution *
A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Andrew Porter has received a Pushcart Prize, a James Michener/Copernicus Fellowship, and was nominated for the Frank O'Connor International
Short Story Award. His work has appeared in One Story, The Threepenny Review, and on NPR's
Selected Shorts. He teaches at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224089821 |
| ISBN 10 | 022408982X |
| Title | The Theory of Light and Matter |
| Author | Andrew Porter |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2010-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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