Description: The Pugilist at Rest: Stories by Thom Jones (1993 Softcover Edition)One might have to reach back to Raymond Carver’s Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? to find a debut collection that is so compelling and original. There are instant classics here: the title story, which soars from the horrors of Vietnam to the besplattered arenas of amateur boxing to disquisitions on war and madness and God; “Unchain My Heart,” about a magazine editor’s love affair with a deep sea-diver …His characters—among them a struggling special-ed student, a rebel physician, and a woman suffering through chemotherapy—are scarred, spirited survivors of drug abuse, war and life’s cruel tricks. With references ranging from rock ‘n’ roll to Schopenhauer, from Dostoyevski to Joe Louis, Jones is sure to command a mighty audience—not only of literary readers, but also of people who did not know their stories could be told. Softcover / Back Bay Books / 1993 / Very Good Condition
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Brand: Back Bay Books
Color: Multicolor
ISBN: 0316473049
Book Title: Pugilist at Rest : Stories
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Topic: Short Stories (Single Author), General
Publication Year: 1994
Item Height: 0.8 in
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 9 Oz
Author: Thom Jones
Item Length: 8.2 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
