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The Absence

After the end of the Vietnam War, the Hus family struggles with the mysterious disappearance of their eldest son, Charlie. This collection of interrelated stories chronicles the life of Margie, the mother, Harold, the father, and Charlie as they each try to cope with different forms of separation and isolation. The collection is preceded by an introduction discussing realism as a means and an end in the crafting of believable characters in short fiction.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:MSSTATE/oai:scholarsjunction.msstate.edu:td-5258
Date30 April 2011
CreatorsMeints, Josiah Philip-David
PublisherScholars Junction
Source SetsMississippi State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Formatapplication/pdf
SourceTheses and Dissertations

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