The Book of Norman Paperback - July 26, 2024
by Wayne Cresser (Author)
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"A comedic universe awaits in the stories of Wayne Cresser's The Book of Norman, a landscape that revolves around his Everyman protagonist, Norman Winters, suffering the relatable slings and arrows prevalent in a world of prevaricators, weirdos, and bullies so you don't have to. Cresser's writing celebrates the quotidian and the absurd, leaving us rooting for Norman to the very end."
---Fred Shaw, author of Scraping Away (CavanKerry Press) "With Wayne Cresser's new collection of short stories, The Book of
Norman, the reader experiences the principal character's innermost angsts, and hears Norman Winters' nuanced self-deprecating tone, that lives in Cresser's extraordinarily expressive dialogue. Cresser builds his world effectively, setting his work in a small, charming island community. Despite bucolic surroundings, there remains an ever-present subtext of struggle for Norman, a lifelong composite of conflict that looms from the opening of this series of "Norman" stories and follows through to conclusion. This is clearly Cresser's finest work. I loved each of these tightly written stories."
---Jay Primiano, author with John Rocco of Swim That Rock (Candlewick Press)
__________________________________________________________________ As a kid, Norman Winters aspired to be good at something, baseball, canoe-racing, anything at all. As an adult he wants to teach eager minds and keep his house free of smoke and frauds. And in his old age, he just wants to burn the money and hold on to the clams. Does Mr. Winters want all these things too much? Readers will wonder as they follow him over the course of a life, loosely chronicled in a fresh collection of interconnected short stories by author, broadcaster, and teacher Wayne Cresser.
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by Wayne Cresser (Author)
See all formats and editions
"A comedic universe awaits in the stories of Wayne Cresser's The Book of Norman, a landscape that revolves around his Everyman protagonist, Norman Winters, suffering the relatable slings and arrows prevalent in a world of prevaricators, weirdos, and bullies so you don't have to. Cresser's writing celebrates the quotidian and the absurd, leaving us rooting for Norman to the very end."
---Fred Shaw, author of Scraping Away (CavanKerry Press) "With Wayne Cresser's new collection of short stories, The Book of
Norman, the reader experiences the principal character's innermost angsts, and hears Norman Winters' nuanced self-deprecating tone, that lives in Cresser's extraordinarily expressive dialogue. Cresser builds his world effectively, setting his work in a small, charming island community. Despite bucolic surroundings, there remains an ever-present subtext of struggle for Norman, a lifelong composite of conflict that looms from the opening of this series of "Norman" stories and follows through to conclusion. This is clearly Cresser's finest work. I loved each of these tightly written stories."
---Jay Primiano, author with John Rocco of Swim That Rock (Candlewick Press)
__________________________________________________________________ As a kid, Norman Winters aspired to be good at something, baseball, canoe-racing, anything at all. As an adult he wants to teach eager minds and keep his house free of smoke and frauds. And in his old age, he just wants to burn the money and hold on to the clams. Does Mr. Winters want all these things too much? Readers will wonder as they follow him over the course of a life, loosely chronicled in a fresh collection of interconnected short stories by author, broadcaster, and teacher Wayne Cresser.
The Book of Norman
The Book of Norman Paperback - July 26, 2024
by Wayne Cresser (Author)
See all formats and editions
"A comedic universe awaits in the stories of Wayne Cresser's The Book of Norman, a landscape that revolves around his Everyman protagonist, Norman Winters, suffering the relatable slings and arrows prevalent in a world of prevaricators, weirdos, and bullies so you don't have to. Cresser's writing celebrates the quotidian and the absurd, leaving us rooting for Norman to the very end."
---Fred Shaw, author of Scraping Away (CavanKerry Press) "With Wayne Cresser's new collection of short stories, The Book of
Norman, the reader experiences the principal character's innermost angsts, and hears Norman Winters' nuanced self-deprecating tone, that lives in Cresser's extraordinarily expressive dialogue. Cresser builds his world effectively, setting his work in a small, charming island community. Despite bucolic surroundings, there remains an ever-present subtext of struggle for Norman, a lifelong composite of conflict that looms from the opening of this series of "Norman" stories and follows through to conclusion. This is clearly Cresser's finest work. I loved each of these tightly written stories."
---Jay Primiano, author with John Rocco of Swim That Rock (Candlewick Press)
__________________________________________________________________ As a kid, Norman Winters aspired to be good at something, baseball, canoe-racing, anything at all. As an adult he wants to teach eager minds and keep his house free of smoke and frauds. And in his old age, he just wants to burn the money and hold on to the clams. Does Mr. Winters want all these things too much? Readers will wonder as they follow him over the course of a life, loosely chronicled in a fresh collection of interconnected short stories by author, broadcaster, and teacher Wayne Cresser.
by Wayne Cresser (Author)
See all formats and editions
"A comedic universe awaits in the stories of Wayne Cresser's The Book of Norman, a landscape that revolves around his Everyman protagonist, Norman Winters, suffering the relatable slings and arrows prevalent in a world of prevaricators, weirdos, and bullies so you don't have to. Cresser's writing celebrates the quotidian and the absurd, leaving us rooting for Norman to the very end."
---Fred Shaw, author of Scraping Away (CavanKerry Press) "With Wayne Cresser's new collection of short stories, The Book of
Norman, the reader experiences the principal character's innermost angsts, and hears Norman Winters' nuanced self-deprecating tone, that lives in Cresser's extraordinarily expressive dialogue. Cresser builds his world effectively, setting his work in a small, charming island community. Despite bucolic surroundings, there remains an ever-present subtext of struggle for Norman, a lifelong composite of conflict that looms from the opening of this series of "Norman" stories and follows through to conclusion. This is clearly Cresser's finest work. I loved each of these tightly written stories."
---Jay Primiano, author with John Rocco of Swim That Rock (Candlewick Press)
__________________________________________________________________ As a kid, Norman Winters aspired to be good at something, baseball, canoe-racing, anything at all. As an adult he wants to teach eager minds and keep his house free of smoke and frauds. And in his old age, he just wants to burn the money and hold on to the clams. Does Mr. Winters want all these things too much? Readers will wonder as they follow him over the course of a life, loosely chronicled in a fresh collection of interconnected short stories by author, broadcaster, and teacher Wayne Cresser.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798991142946 |
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| Publisher: | Wayne Cresser |
| Publication date: | 07/29/2024 |
| Pages: | 218 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.46(d) |
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