David Rabe, the Tony award-winning playwright of Hurlyburly and In the Boom Boom Room, brings his intense vision to the world of fiction, with a short story collection of astonishing range and versatility. Whether he is writing about a marriage shadowed by the unacknowledged discord of a risky pregnancy, a group of men whose attempt to settle an account launches them toward unexpected violence, or a young journalist who believes he’s escaped his Catholic roots only to be forced again to confront them by a priest who once mentored his writing, Rabe’s strong, true voice tenders an inimitable portrait of America and offers benediction to her lost souls. A Primitive Heart confirms the mastery of a writer and establishes David Rabe as an exciting voice in fiction.
- ISBN10 080214277X
- ISBN13 9780802142771
- Publish Date 16 November 2006 (first published 4 August 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Edition First Trade Paper Edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 304
- Language English