High Lonesome: Stories

by Barry Hannah

4 of 5 stars 1 rating • 1 review • 1 shelved
Book cover for High Lonesome

Bookhype may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases. Full disclosure.

High Lonesome is a darkly comic, fiercely tragic, and strikingly original odyssey into American life. This collection by the author of Airships and Bats Out of Hell explores lost moments in time with intensity, emotion, and an eye to the past. In "Uncle High Lonesome," a young man recalls his Uncle Peter, whose even temper was marred only by his drinking binges, which would unleash moments of rage hinting at his much deeper distress. Fishing is transformed into a life-altering, almost mystical event in "A Creature in the Bay of St. Louis," when a huge fish caught on a...Read more
  • ISBN10 0871136686
  • ISBN13 9780871136688
  • Publish Date 1 October 1996
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Atlantic Monthly Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 230
  • Language English
9780802135322
9780802135322
Paperback
9781555846442
9781555846442
eBook