The Thin Tear in the Fabric of Space

by Douglas Trevor

Book Overview

The Thin Tear in the Fabric of Space gathers stories about coping with grief, trying to love people who have died, and - more broadly - leaving old versions of the self behind, sometimes by choice and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877459509
• ISBN13: 9780877459507
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Another Star is Born

Douglas Trevor does for fiction about loss what David Sedaris and Joan Didion have done for nonfiction. They all write movingly about how people can be unhinged by untimely death. But his characters, though imaginary, seem even realer. You'll never forget them. And you yourselves may never recover from his gorgeous, final paragraphs.

Just finished reading.....

I just happened to purchase this book of short stories because Iowa Short Fiction winners are usually good, quality reads, and I fell in love with the characters in nearly all of the stories. My favorite was "Saint Francis in Flint." The writing was lucid and engaging (often sad - which I happen to enjoy), and the characters were intensely pitiable, yet hysterical. I haven't seen a novel out by Trevor yet, but I'll be looking. I HIGHLY recommend this collection! Amy T