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A Bright Soothing Noise (Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction) by Brown, Peter is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The title, A Bright Soothing Noise, refers to the sound that fire makes, promising not only warmth and light but also violence and destruction. Brown’s greatest hero is Frank O’Connor, and like O’Connor’s his stories uncover the final bleakness of a national life but in the same moment glow with its promise of love and life and belonging. Brown’s Americans will try almost anything to connect. They tend to drink too much, to drive too fast, are a little too violent in their passions and even a little too religious. Too often they believe, they trust—and then again they don’t, depending not so much on what’s getting proffered as who’s proffering. They are always on the verge of something better. They only want a little more, only a little too much, and while we as readers want with all our hearts for them to get it, we also fear they might. “This highly entertaining collection of stories has the scenic intensity and quality of Tennessee Williams's one-act plays. Meet a varied cast of characters in strange settings, and enjoy their provocative and witty company.”—Josip Novakovich, author of April Fool’s Day: A Novel and judge Number Nine: Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction

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Author

Brown, Peter

Publisher

University of North Texas Press

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781574412918

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, Short Stories