Tunneling to the Center of the Earth

图书信息

作者	Wilson, Kevin
出版社	HarperCollins e-books
ISBN	9780061971082
出版时间	2009-10-06
字数	27.5万
分类	HarperCollins e-books,进口书,外文原版书,小说

读书简介

Kevin Wilson's characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly between the real and the imagined, the mundane and the fantastic. "Grand Stand-In" is narrated by an employee of a Nuclear Family Supplemental Provider—a company that supplies "stand-ins" for families with deceased, ill, or just plain mean grandparents. And in "Blowing Up On the Spot," a young woman works sorting tiles at a Scrabble factory after her parents have spontaneously combusted.Southern gothic at its best, laced with humor and pathos, these wonderfully inventive stories explore the relationship between loss and death and the many ways we try to cope with both.

目录

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

Epigraph

Grand Stand-In

Blowing Up on the Spot

The Dead Sister Handbook: A Guide for Sensitive Boys

Birds in the House

Mortal Kombat

Tunneling to the Center of the Earth

The Shooting Man

The Choir Director Affair (The Baby’s Teeth)

Go, Fight, Win

The Museum of Whatnot

Worst-Case Scenario

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher