J. D. Smith

Broschiertes Buch

Transit

Beschreibung

Transit, J.D. Smith's debut fiction collection, ranges from Central Mexico to the Asian side of Istanbul, with stops in Houston, Chicago and Washington, DC. Working in flash fiction, the traditional short story and a series of linked stories, Smith takes on race, ethnic identity, class and disability, along with the power dynamics of how they play out in everyday life. He also skewers the pretensions of those who think they are-somehow-above the fray. Heartbreak leads to a drunken foray into vigilante justice, and the stresses that underlie achievement in high school come to light. A brick from a nineteenth-century city hall in Illinois finds a new place in twenty-first century Texas. Commerce shapes character, but not without resistance. Smith's fictional world has more than a little in common with other parts of the world-what some continue to call the "real world," with all its sham and venality. Decisions made in a moment, with incomplete information and uncertain judgment, have permanent consequences. The sins of the fathers are indeed visited upon both sons and daughters. With intelligence and compassion, as well as illuminating flashes of wit, Smith shows us how character, faith and sheer guesswork collide with circumstance. If Flannery O'Connor and Mickey Spillane had spawned a love child-whose godparents included Franz Kafka and Jorge Luis Borges-it would look a lot like Transit.

Autor

J.D. Smith has published six collections of poetry, one humor collection and one collection of essays, as well as the children's picture book The Best Mariachi in the World. He has received a Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and his work in several genres has appeared in publications throughout the English-speaking world. In other areas of his life, Smith has held jobs including office temp, newspaper stringer, adjunct instructor, grocery bagger and market research analyst. He was the model for the cover art of the 34th edition of the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, and in 2004 he appeared on Jeopardy! Educated at American University, the University of Chicago, Carleton University and the University of Houston Creative Writing Program, Smith currently works as an editor in Washington, DC, where he lives with his wife Paula Van Lare and their rescue animals. Transit is his first book of fiction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Unsolicited Press
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 247g
• ISBN-13: 9781956692433
• ISBN-10: 1956692436
• Artikelnr.: 65953386