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The Palace of Wasted Footsteps : Stories by Holladay, Cary C., 1958- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Palace of Wasted Footsteps : Stories about?
Images of dancing and the theme of survival connect the stories in Cary Holladay's latest fiction collection, The Palace of Wasted Footsteps. These images may be explicit, or understated, as in "Mayflies," which suggests the glorious yet frantic dance of brief, intense lives. Yet each story depicts men, women, and children partnered with death, love, or strange, wonderful chance. Set largely in the Mid-South, Holladay's stories feature characters with honest, even old-fashioned, sensibilities who set out to do right and end up smitten. The policeman in "Doll" discovers that his affection is torn between his pregnant wife, a mannequin he found in a dump, and a haughty saleswoman whose smile is like "a cat's yawn." The young woman in "Runaways," bedazzled by the vanished hot-air balloonist who was her best friend's father, creates a loving legend about him that inspires and sustains her. Darker in subject matter and atmosphere, "Merry-Go-Sorry" captures an ironic theme that is carried throughout the collection. "Merry- go-sorry. It means a story with good news and bad . . . smacking you in the face at the same time." Centering on a small Arkansas town in the aftermath of a triple m
Who reads The Palace of Wasted Footsteps : Stories?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Holladay, Cary C., 1958-
- Publisher
- Columbia: University of Missouri Press
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780826211866
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Humanities
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (3 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14