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Unified field theory
- Title
- Unified field theory / stories by Frank Soos.
- Author
- Soos, Frank.
- Publication
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, [1998], ©1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PS3569.O663 U55 1998 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 175 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- The short stories in Unified Field Theory capture characters in the middle of their lives as things fall apart. Jobs, marriages, and hopes disintegrate under people while they seek strategies and explanations.
- In "When the Hoot Owl Moves Its Nest," a surveyor blames the wreck of his marriage on his inability to interpret old-fashioned signs. In "If You Meet the Buddha by the Road," a bicyclist seeks peace, and perhaps finds it, in Buddhism, while his ex-wife grieves for her lost youth. In the title story, a warehouseman seeks to overcome resignation through his misconception of particle physics.
- Frank Soos's stories do not move toward epiphany. The men and women in Unified Field Theory have moments of emotional or intellectual recognition, but their lives are too complex for these moments to suggest long-term alterations. The stories suggest a way of thoughtfully and emotionally participating in other people's worlds.
- Note
- "The Flannery O'Connor Award for short fiction."
- Contents
- Nickerson's Luck -- When the Hoot Owl Moves Its Nest -- If You Meet the Buddha by the Road -- Trip to Sometimes Island -- Ray's Boat -- Key to the Kingdom -- Unified Field Theory.
- ISBN
- 082032048X (alk. paper)
- 9780820335186 (pbk.)
- 0820335185 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 98014342
- OCLC
- 38519027
- ocm38519027
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries