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Trajectory / Richard Russo.

By: Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: 243 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781101947722 (hardcover)
Uniform titles:
  • Works. Selections
Contained works:
  • Russo, Richard, 1949- Horseman
  • Russo, Richard, 1949- Intervention
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: TrajectoryDDC classification:
  • 813/.54 23
LOC classification:
  • PS3568.U812 A6 2017
Other classification:
  • FIC019000 | FIC029000 | FIC045000
Contents:
Horseman -- Voice -- Intervention -- Milton and Marcus.
Summary: "In this pair of novellas and two stories, Russo's characters bear little similarity to the blue-collar citizens we're familiar with from most of his novels. In "Horseman," a tenured professor confronts a young plagiarist as well as her own weaknesses as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches--"And after that, who knew?" In "Intervention," a realtor facing an ominous medical prognosis finds himself in his father's shadow while he presses forward, or not. In "Voice," a semi-retired English professor is conned by his increasingly estranged brother into coming along on a group tour of the Biennale, fleeing a mortifying incident with a traumatized student back in Massachusetts but encountering further complications en route. And in "Milton and Marcus," a lapsed novelist is struggling with his wife's illness and trying to rekindle his screenwriting career, only to be stymied by the pratfalls of that trade when he's called to an aging, iconic star's mountaintop in Wyoming"-- Provided by publisher.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks PS3568 .U812 A6 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001407344

"In this pair of novellas and two stories, Russo's characters bear little similarity to the blue-collar citizens we're familiar with from most of his novels. In "Horseman," a tenured professor confronts a young plagiarist as well as her own weaknesses as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches--"And after that, who knew?" In "Intervention," a realtor facing an ominous medical prognosis finds himself in his father's shadow while he presses forward, or not. In "Voice," a semi-retired English professor is conned by his increasingly estranged brother into coming along on a group tour of the Biennale, fleeing a mortifying incident with a traumatized student back in Massachusetts but encountering further complications en route. And in "Milton and Marcus," a lapsed novelist is struggling with his wife's illness and trying to rekindle his screenwriting career, only to be stymied by the pratfalls of that trade when he's called to an aging, iconic star's mountaintop in Wyoming"-- Provided by publisher.

Horseman -- Voice -- Intervention -- Milton and Marcus.

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