Out On The Marsh

Literature & Fiction

Updike, David

British & Irish

Constable

In this brilliantly told short story collection, critically acclaimed author David Updike skillfully portrays the multi-faceted nature of love and of the heart. From a father’s painful realization his son has discovered the dark heart of racism still beats, to a quiet love affair that needs an audience to bloom; from the bumbling of a professor who unwittingly falls for one of his students to the wistful memories of a bittersweet affair tinged in regret, Updike portrays the intricacies of loving someone with candor. Full of sparkling wonder and poignant melancholy alike, Old Girlfriends is a clear-eyed vision of the world we live in. Drifting from the unrequited to the secretive, the familial to the first poetic moments, this soulful collection leaves no avenue of expression untouched.

Old Girlfriends: Stories

United States

St.Martin's Press

In this brilliantly told short story collection, critically acclaimed author David Updike skillfully portrays the multi-faceted nature of love and of the heart. From a father's painful realization his son has discovered the dark heart of racism still beats, to a quiet love affair that needs an audience to bloom; from the bumbling of a professor who unwittingly falls for one of his students to the wistful memories of a bittersweet affair tinged in regret, Updike portrays the intricacies of loving someone with candor. Full of sparkling wonder and poignant melancholy alike, Old Girlfriends is a clear-eyed vision of the world we live in. Drifting from the unrequited to the secretive, the familial to the first poetic moments, this soulful collection leaves no avenue of expression untouched.

St. Martin's: Griffin

Fifteen stories about the passage from youth to the edge of adulthood and self-understanding feature a varied cast of characters united by their deep sense of the fragility of human contact and the joys that sometimes result

Out on the Marsh

Short Stories & Anthologies

Plume

Wrath Of The Gods

Philadelphia Museum Of Art

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Rubens, Peter Paul

Atkins, Christopher D.M.

Titian

Prometheus

(greek Deity)

Philadelphia Museum Of Art In Association With Yale University Press

Out on the Marsh: Stories

David R Godine Pub

When Homer puts his jack-o-lantern over his head like a helmet on the eve of Halloween, he gains access to a secret nocturnal meeting of the trees as they celebrate the arrival of the full moon

An Autumn Tale

Children's Books

Holidays & Celebrations

Pippin Pr

Homer, his dog Sophocles, and friend Henry have fun riding an iceberg down the creek until rushing waters threaten to take them out to sea

A Spring Story

Animals

Truman and his dog Max switch bodies with humorous consequences both at home and at school

Seven Times Eight

During the long days of summer vacation, Homer realizes that his beloved Sophocles is no longer a young dog and that he may lose his companion soon

The Sounds of Summer

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