Rest Area : Stories Still writing plays and also performing his original monologues around the country an abroad, the young Virginian breathes life into a cast of unforgettable eccentrics. Consider, for example, the clueless father who's apparently "los. He speaks in the voice of the New South—haunted by the past
| Title | : | Rest Area : Stories |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.74 (426 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000HWYRFK |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2002-01-31 |
| Genre | : |
Veering off the meandering trail blazed by Southern Gothic stylists such as Flannery O'Connor, Truman Capote, and Carson McCullers, Clay McLeod Chapman strikes out in his own distinctive direction in this engaging debut collection of short stories. A failing grade in English and a perceptive teacher's suggestion that he try to redeem himself by writing a play led to his first literary effort—at age 12. Today, the 24-year old Chapman spins tales that piece that heart and unsettle the mind. He speaks in the voice of the New South—haunted by the past, often uncomfortable in the present, and distinctively, even disturbingly all its own.Still writing plays and also performing his original monologues around the country an abroad, the young Virginian breathes life into a cast of unforgettable eccentrics. Some are endearing, others are unnerving, but all are credible and, despite their foibles, strangely sympathetic. Consider, for example, the clueless father who's apparently "los
Editorial : From Publishers Weekly This debut collection reveals a playwright's fondness for edgy, frightening setups. Chapman who got his start as a playwright at the age of 12 and later honed his one-man act at the International Fringe Festival takes as his form of choice a sort of transliterated monologue. This ingenious device diverts at first, but few of these vignettes they're not quite "stories" progress beyond establishing a bizarre or ironic situation, and many read like half-cooked campfire yarns. There are some clever sketches demonstrating what the others might have become with a lighter touch and more polish. The unholy carnival of "Rodeo Inferno" is enjoyably creepy, and "Second Helping," about a pack of Cub Scouts run feral, is gleefully gruesome. But the book is marred by heavy-handed language, as in "Honey Well Hung," which attempts a symbolic conflation of chicken coops and a frustrated, infertile farm couple, yielding such regrettable moments as "Couldn't tell you how many times
Rainier these days are athletes. The instructions how to use them are on page 6 which refer to P1 and P2 tears sheets in the back of the book. facilitating processes in older versions) and are titled more consistently (used to have some start with verbs and others with nouns), descriptions of inputs/tools & techniques/outputs are clearer, and illustrations are less confusing. What fun this will be to read to children as they sit around in a circle listening to me read about the adventures of Pokey and Sparky. It wasn't until I sat down and forced myself to pay attention for the rest of the book that I could find enough of a thread to pull myself through the next 250 pages in a day or so. The Basics has a lit of 16 "Absolute-Minimum" tools, followed by 17 "Other Handy" tools. By now, you might want to play d-fence, that is, corral the theoretical and empirical keepers from the vast and bewildering herd of disparate research findings and conjectures.
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