The River Underground: An Anthologyof Nevada Fiction (Western Literature and Fiction Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874173647 ISBN 13: 9780874173642

Publisher: University of Nevada Press, 2001

Synopsis

Short stories and exciting excerpts from Nevada writers offer a sampler of literary talent from the Silver State. Few readers outside Nevada are aware of the richness and diversity of the state's literary community, or of the number of nationally respected writers who make the state their home and often the subject matter of their work. Editor Shaun T. Griffin, in this compelling anthology of contemporary fiction from Nevada, makes a very convincing case that the state's wealth runs to far more than glitz and gold. Here we find a delightful and long-forgotten story by the doyen of Nevada writers, Robert Laxalt; a moving story by Adrian C. Louis, a Native American from Lovelock who has won national acclaim for his powerful fiction and poetry about reservation life; and excerpts from work by best-selling writers Teresa Jordan, Steven Nightingale, Douglas Unger, and Richard Wiley. Settings range from rural Nevada to rural post-revolutionary China, from the excitement of Las Vegas to a Basque immigrant household in Carson City, from the hills of Appalachia to the Pacific during World War II. Characters include a pair of Mormon teenagers trying to escape the moral rigors of their faith,

About this title

About the Author:

Virginia City poet, editor, and translator Shaun T. Griffin operates an education program for homeless children and youth. He has written five books of poetry, including Bathing in the River of Ashes and edited two poetry collections, Desert Wood and Torn by Light, also published by the University of Nevada Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0874173647
• ISBN 13: 9780874173642
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Griffin Shaun T.