Pronoun Music

By Richard Cohen

Short Fiction. These stories of Richard Cohen illuminate family life with a realism large enough to accommodate illusion. Most of these stories are about children and their parents. Some of the children are grownups taking care of their elders; others are chronologically juvenile. At the turning point of youth to age, of singleness to marriage, they fight their way out of the webs of family and self with a degree of success equal finally to their gift for belief. Sheila Weller of The New York Times has commented about Richard Cohen's first novel Domestic Tranquility that it is built on observation so minutely and constantly intelligent that one feels as intellectually engaged by it as emotionally seized. Richard Cohen lives with his family in Austin, Texas.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929355033
• ISBN13: 9781929355037
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Pleasure Boat Studio
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

A master portrait of childhood and paradoxes of parenthood

Pronoun Music is an impressive anthology of twelve Richard Cohen short stories about children and their parents across a chronological spectrum of family evolution. A master portrait of childhood and the paradoxes of parenthood, the stories comprising this entertaining and insightful collection include: Theme From a Summer Place; Cousin Gemma; On the Flight Path; Putting Up Signs; Good with Girls; What Makes You You; Possible Future Stepmother; Delicate Destinies; Refuge; Uncle Wolfie; Those Kooks; and Dream Group Forming. Pronoun Music is highly recommended for anyone who enjoys and appreciates a well crafted story showcasing the kaleidoscopic relationships between children and their parents -- at any age.