Plain of Jars: And Other Stories

by Geary Hobson

In the opening story of Geary Hobson's riveting new collection, Plain of Jars, a young private confides to his friend that he's trying to leave the Marine Corps. "I am not doing this just because I find the Marine Corps too tough," Warren Needham says, but because violence is contradictory to his faith. The story's surprising climax, however, reveals a different side of Needham's contradictory nature. It's this acute understanding of conflict...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870139983
• ISBN13: 9780870139987
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"