Perfection in Bad Axe: Stories

by Craig Bernthal

Overview

Set mainly in the Midwest, these tales are inhabited by ordinary, decent people who, often to their surprise, find joy and meaning under difficult circumstances. Many of the stories depict isolated moments of perfection in a world that routinely forces its imperfections on us. These are the finely developed characters of Bernthal's stories--people we recognize, but who never seem overly familiar. Interesting, substantial, and utterly engrossing, each one could be just like any one of us, an ordinary Jane or Joe, trying to maintain or find order in a life sometimes filled with disorder.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826264350
Publisher:	University of Missouri Press
Publication date:	08/04/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	260 KB
Age Range:	14 Years

About the Author

Craig Bernthal is Professor of English at California State University in Fresno. He is the author of The Trial of Man: Christianity and Judgment in the World of Shakespeare.