The Disappeared
Stories
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4.3 • 4 Ratings
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
A collection of stories that trace the threads of loss and displacement running through all our lives, by the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Theory of Light and Matter
“What a beautiful book about the profound mystery of ordinary life.” —Alix Ohlin, author of We Want What We Want
A husband and wife hear a mysterious bump in the night. A father mourns the closeness he has lost with his son. A friendship with a married couple turns into a dangerous codependency. With gorgeous sensitivity, assurance, and a propulsive sense of menace, these stories center on disappearances both literal and figurative—lives and loves that are cut short, the vanishing of one's youthful self. From San Antonio to Austin, from the clamor of a crowded restaurant to the cigarette at a lonely kitchen table, Andrew Porter captures each of these relationships mid-flight, every individual life punctuated by loss and beauty and need. The Disappeared reaffirms the undeniable artistry of a contemporary master of the form.
Customer Reviews
A half hour we have..
It wasn’t good as his previous work which I really really loved so at the beginning I was a bit disappointed, but then passing the midpoint. I kind of realize that it was just different. There’s a very consistent sentiment in the moment in our lives, repeating in different forms, but grounded in the same space Backdrop by the same atmosphere. It’s all about appreciating to your heart to your best deflating moment of love connection that comes and goes and never straightforward or exclusive or easily define all tangled. It’s also a story about acceptance, unconsciously or unexpectedly noticing, and accepting the fact that we got let things gobut things that we love to death