Donald Secreast Libri
Questo autore esplora la vita nei piccoli paesi e l'eredità industriale del sud americano attraverso evocative raccolte di racconti e poesie. Le sue opere si concentrano spesso su persone comuni che lottano con le sfide del lavoro e della famiglia, rappresentando le loro vite interiori con profonda comprensione ed empatia. Lo stile di Secreast è diretto e immaginifico, attingendo frequentemente a luoghi ed esperienze specifiche per creare narrazioni universalmente risonanti. La sua scrittura offre uno sguardo penetrante sul paesaggio americano e sulla condizione umana.
The Solar-Powered Southern Belle: Short stories
- 206pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
The Solar-Powered Southern Belle consists of eight stories, which deal with the aspirations of eight characters who find themselves not fully equipped, by traditional measurements, to achieve a completely balanced life. Consequently, they must struggle with which parts of their lives they must sacrifice in order to find the satisfying equilibrium they seek. These stories represent author’s continuing exploration of how people who have not been born with any economic or social advantages pursue whatever paths they can find to spiritual or psychological fulfillment.Donald Secreast is the author of two collections of short stories, The Rat Becomes Light and White Trash, Red Velvet, published by HarperCollins in 1990 and 1993. He earned a Ph.D. at the University of Iowa and he taught fiction writing and American Literature at Radford University.