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- Title
- This American Bizarre.
- Creator
- Sword, Adam, Papatya Bucak, Ayse, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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This is a collection of fiction that draws on the author’s own experiences as a western foreigner in America, while also taking inspiration from many different art forms and their depictions of American life, as experienced by outsiders. The themes of this collection center around the discord and disparity prevalent between British and American life. The other key theme in this collection is how violence seems to be simmering, always near at hand, in a country like America. In this way, many...
Show moreThis is a collection of fiction that draws on the author’s own experiences as a western foreigner in America, while also taking inspiration from many different art forms and their depictions of American life, as experienced by outsiders. The themes of this collection center around the discord and disparity prevalent between British and American life. The other key theme in this collection is how violence seems to be simmering, always near at hand, in a country like America. In this way, many of the stories allude to a kind of violence taken to be something unique to American society, which often goes unrealized or unacted upon, or sometimes unravels accordingly. The thesis project itself considers how these stories could only take place in America today, and how the aforementioned cultural discord, or disharmony, connects the narratives with a shared feeling of cultural commentary about the country as a whole.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2019
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013267
- Subject Headings
- Fiction, Short stories, American society and culture
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A certain animation.
- Creator
- Christakis, George A., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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This is a collection of short stories that flirt with non-traditional forms. They are character-driven pieces, in which plot is of secondary importance to the relationships created and established. Ambiguity and abstraction are valued, as is the balance between mood and humor. Scientific principles fuel some of the pieces here, most of which do not attempt to take place in reality, but rather create their own arena to contain the events that follow.
- Date Issued
- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3340698
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature, Short stories, American
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The invisibility of here and there.
- Creator
- De Stefano, Kelly., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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These are collected short stories all dealing to varying extents with the theme of being stuck or captured in an experience or in a moment gone past, often events of hardship or trauma. Some characters explore this territory in desperation, and some seem to become stoic reminders of these pasts, unable to accept the responsibility to move on and allow the experience to mature them and help them grow. I have concentrated on this theme as an aspect of suburbia, the kind of place in which I have...
Show moreThese are collected short stories all dealing to varying extents with the theme of being stuck or captured in an experience or in a moment gone past, often events of hardship or trauma. Some characters explore this territory in desperation, and some seem to become stoic reminders of these pasts, unable to accept the responsibility to move on and allow the experience to mature them and help them grow. I have concentrated on this theme as an aspect of suburbia, the kind of place in which I have grown up and where my characters spend the most time. This collection has been a personal journey for me as well as an exploration in character motivation through imagery depicting the key influential moments in these characters' lives.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3340695
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature, Short stories, American
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Life in the sunshine and other short stories.
- Creator
- James, Elisabeth S., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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Language: the sounds of it, the richness of its rhythms, the connotative and the denotative meanings of words have all played a part in my development from a child to the adult I have become making a life for myself. Whether the words I heard flew like fiery darts, or whether they lifted my weary soul, I somehow always found they meant something to special me. Because of my love of language, I began early to read voraciously. The first novel that I read was Gone with the Wind. That story...
Show moreLanguage: the sounds of it, the richness of its rhythms, the connotative and the denotative meanings of words have all played a part in my development from a child to the adult I have become making a life for myself. Whether the words I heard flew like fiery darts, or whether they lifted my weary soul, I somehow always found they meant something to special me. Because of my love of language, I began early to read voraciously. The first novel that I read was Gone with the Wind. That story whisked my imagination to a dark and mysterious time and place that, along with the narrative powers of my mother, convinced me that Margaret Mitchell had recreated a real world from her imagination. I still have my own dream that there is a mysterious and hidden world waiting for me to recreate out of my imagination, too.
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- 2013
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3360804
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature, Short stories, American
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Florida Wilds.
- Creator
- Alberton, Edwin
- Abstract/Description
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Being tales of adventure and romance from a land of romance with stories of plantation life. Contains: Fire-hunt and its sequel; McLeod at the log-rolling; Day of rare sport and an exciting conclusion; Plantation scenes and incidents; Lost, and an awful encounter; Story of startling adventures; Panther hunt; Bee tree and the plan for a camp hunt; Story and adventure of Billy McLeod; Cracker -- Cracker courtship, or, Billy McLeod, the matchmaker.
- Date Issued
- 1906
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000144
- Subject Headings
- Short stories, American, Florida -- Fiction, Florida
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- Mother's forgotten garden.
- Creator
- Zimmerman, Cory Daniel., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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The thesis proposed for my M.F.A. in creative writing is a collection of conceptual American short stories written in a variety of forms that properly suit their respective subjects. Like a handful of miscellaneous wild seeds scattered over a tilled garden, the goal of the project is to represent the wild asymmetry of Nature via a collection of unlikely companions. For this reason, the conceptual form of each story often takes root in scientific or symbolic representations of Nature (i.e....
Show moreThe thesis proposed for my M.F.A. in creative writing is a collection of conceptual American short stories written in a variety of forms that properly suit their respective subjects. Like a handful of miscellaneous wild seeds scattered over a tilled garden, the goal of the project is to represent the wild asymmetry of Nature via a collection of unlikely companions. For this reason, the conceptual form of each story often takes root in scientific or symbolic representations of Nature (i.e. sine and cosine curves, the yin-yang, etc.). The plot of loose soil holding these collective experiments together is their earthy thematic focus-namely, the way in which Nature has been systematically backgrounded by western ideology. On occasion, a story's conceptual focus may stray from these ecofeminist principles, but only for the purpose of leveling a more critical or satirical eye upon common American ideologies.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186303
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature, Nature in literature, Short stories, American
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- We once lived in caves and other stories.
- Creator
- Mecom, Khristian., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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The following manuscript is a collection of eight short stories that center on the theme of how stories and storytelling, in all their different forms, fill our lives. In one story a girl that lives in other people's houses, longs to tell her story, while in another story a girl struggles with a secret her grandmother leaves behind as she tries to reconstruct her grandmother's story. Some stories use magical and fairy tale-like elements, which work as allusions in the stories and echo the...
Show moreThe following manuscript is a collection of eight short stories that center on the theme of how stories and storytelling, in all their different forms, fill our lives. In one story a girl that lives in other people's houses, longs to tell her story, while in another story a girl struggles with a secret her grandmother leaves behind as she tries to reconstruct her grandmother's story. Some stories use magical and fairy tale-like elements, which work as allusions in the stories and echo the events happening in characters' lives. Another theme present in the collection is that of family and how familial relationships affect identity and self-discovery. In one story, a wildfire allows the stories of different generations to be told, while a widow builds a family out of the aftermath of her husband's death in a different story.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3360618
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature, Short stories, American, Indentity (Psychology)
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Glass Catamount.
- Creator
- Slattery, Robert., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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The Glass Catamount is concerned with one James Frederick Curling, a young, up-and-coming senator from Delaware. As Curling moves up through his political party, suspicion of infidelity begins to rise to the surface as a woman from his past appears and claims to know intimate details about the senator. Her intentions are unknown, but as the senator's old friend and aide, Robertson Peters, finds himself drawn in by her stories, unsure if they are truth or fabrication, the longevity of the...
Show moreThe Glass Catamount is concerned with one James Frederick Curling, a young, up-and-coming senator from Delaware. As Curling moves up through his political party, suspicion of infidelity begins to rise to the surface as a woman from his past appears and claims to know intimate details about the senator. Her intentions are unknown, but as the senator's old friend and aide, Robertson Peters, finds himself drawn in by her stories, unsure if they are truth or fabrication, the longevity of the career of the senator, and possibly even his life, come into question. Themes of truth versus reality are dealt with throughout, and the act of sexual exploration and discovery is broken down and analyzed in the context of the senator's past and what he constructs as truth, whether it was always the way he claims or not. The glass catamount of the title is a symbol of the fragility and rarity of an understood self, appearing only briefly as it passes through the trees on its climb back up the mountain.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3338857
- Subject Headings
- Short stories, American, Symbolism in literature, Self in literature
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Sharp edges and other lessons.
- Creator
- Gray, Michael., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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Sharp Edges and Other Lessons is a collection of stories that share a loose thematic link suggested by the title. The various "lessons" encountered by the characters here represent the ways people respond to the many currents and fluctuations roiling beneath the surface of everyday life.
- Date Issued
- 2012
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342235
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature, Short stories, American, Conduct of life
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Rotten oranges.
- Creator
- Ginfrida, Christina., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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In Rotten Oranges the characters explore the ramifications of relocation and various trapping of psychology. Each of the short stories presents pain piggybacking off of humor, in order to go spelunking in a field of study that does not deal with absolutes. The characters themselves try to illustrate the dangers of misdiagnosis and stereotypes. As a whole, the collection exhibits this sense of exaggerated realism, which focuses on spectacle and theatricality. A few of the stories access some...
Show moreIn Rotten Oranges the characters explore the ramifications of relocation and various trapping of psychology. Each of the short stories presents pain piggybacking off of humor, in order to go spelunking in a field of study that does not deal with absolutes. The characters themselves try to illustrate the dangers of misdiagnosis and stereotypes. As a whole, the collection exhibits this sense of exaggerated realism, which focuses on spectacle and theatricality. A few of the stories access some magical qualities to deal with certain aspects of trauma. All of the pieces take place in Florida and utilize this setting's natural level of diversity and tropical allure. Florida's unshakeable connection to the twilight years, flamboyant tourism, and the possibility of a new life through immigration works perfectly in conjunction with the layers of pain and humor stacked throughout the collection. These characters live to inhabit the space between tears and laughter.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3338855
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature, Short stories, American, Identity (Psychology)
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Happenstance and Circumstance: A Collection of Short Stories.
- Creator
- Storms, Winifred M., Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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This short story collection is a meditation on happenstance and circumstance as played out in each character's life often catalyzed through the introduction of an unknown element: whether that element be a new character, perspective, or knowledge. Stylistically, the voice of the narration is colorful and humorous though the subject matter may be of the melancholic or macabre variety. The point of view changes from first to third, depending on the story and main character; however, the...
Show moreThis short story collection is a meditation on happenstance and circumstance as played out in each character's life often catalyzed through the introduction of an unknown element: whether that element be a new character, perspective, or knowledge. Stylistically, the voice of the narration is colorful and humorous though the subject matter may be of the melancholic or macabre variety. The point of view changes from first to third, depending on the story and main character; however, the unifying factors of this collection is that each character is changed because of a loss, whether metaphoric or literal.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000967
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature, Short stories, American--Collections
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- At the bank of paradise: and other stories.
- Creator
- McIntosh, Monique, Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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From modern-day parking lot snipers to 18th century Romantic picturesque painters, At the Bank of Paradise: and Other Stories explores the unexpected boundaries of the Caribbean, following those who have come, those who have stayed, and those who have left the Caribbean behind. Inspired by real historical figures at the periphery of the Caribbean experience, these stories dive into untold narratives only glimpsed in the footnotes of history.
- Date Issued
- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004390, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004390
- Subject Headings
- Short stories, American, Caribbean Area--Civilization, Caribbean Area--Historiography
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- All the place you’ve got.
- Creator
- Suhr, Caryn, Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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All the Place You’ve Got is a collection of short stories inspired by and set in the author’s hometown of Warner Robins; Georgia. This is a work of fiction. Names, places, occurrences, and characters are either a product of the authors imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. The title is a partial quote of dialogue stated by Hazel Motes, the protagonist of Flannery O...
Show moreAll the Place You’ve Got is a collection of short stories inspired by and set in the author’s hometown of Warner Robins; Georgia. This is a work of fiction. Names, places, occurrences, and characters are either a product of the authors imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. The title is a partial quote of dialogue stated by Hazel Motes, the protagonist of Flannery O’Connor’s first novel Wise Blood. The full quote reads, “In yourself right now is all the place you’ve got.” This collection of stories was built as a direct antithetical response to O’Connor’s representation of dialogic salvation and visions of the divine, a central concern, stemming from dedicated Catholic belief, of her body of work.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004164, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004164
- Subject Headings
- Southern States--In literature., Short stories, American., Literature and society Southern States.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Forgot How To Ride a Bike: Selected Fiction 2009-2016.
- Creator
- Kane, Justin, Schwartz, Jason, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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This manuscript is a collection of short fiction pieces workshopped in creative writing classes throughout my undergraduate and graduate career at Florida Atlantic University, influenced by the experimental and form-driven nature of some of the writing workshops as well as other courses I took during my years at the university. This work is especially preoccupied with the opposed and intertwined natures of genre fiction and literary fiction. Other themes include human nature, humor, food and...
Show moreThis manuscript is a collection of short fiction pieces workshopped in creative writing classes throughout my undergraduate and graduate career at Florida Atlantic University, influenced by the experimental and form-driven nature of some of the writing workshops as well as other courses I took during my years at the university. This work is especially preoccupied with the opposed and intertwined natures of genre fiction and literary fiction. Other themes include human nature, humor, food and cooking, tabletop games, and exploration of form in short fiction.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004861, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004861
- Subject Headings
- Short stories, American--Collections., Creative writing--Collections., Comparative literature--Themes, motives., Imagination (Philosophy)
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Mornings in the Athens of America: stories.
- Creator
- Gersie, Katrina, Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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The eleven short stories in this collection can be described as autobiographical fiction, combining true instances from the author’s life with fictional characters and events. The stories explore the themes of grief and loss, coming of age, and the importance of preserving the natural world.
- Date Issued
- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004372, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004372
- Subject Headings
- Autobiographical fiction, Short stories, American, Identity (Psychology) in literature, Self in literature
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The animalcules of Adam: & other small tales.
- Creator
- von Kursell, Mikaela, Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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Inspired by the baroque prose of Melissa Pritchard, The Animalcules of Adam: & Other Small Tales is a genre-bending short story collection that incorporates elements of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and translation. Spanning in subject and setting, from the primitive bear rituals of Finland to the coroner’s inquests of 19th century England, the purpose of this thesis project is to develop a uniquely immersive voice, while ostensibly investigating the origins of curious inventions, including the...
Show moreInspired by the baroque prose of Melissa Pritchard, The Animalcules of Adam: & Other Small Tales is a genre-bending short story collection that incorporates elements of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and translation. Spanning in subject and setting, from the primitive bear rituals of Finland to the coroner’s inquests of 19th century England, the purpose of this thesis project is to develop a uniquely immersive voice, while ostensibly investigating the origins of curious inventions, including the microscope, the kaleidoscope, and the first English dictionary. This collection borrows from, and deliberately manipulates, the texts of important historical figures, such as Walt Whitman, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and Robert Cawdrey, in an effort to make a home in the voice of another. It is a playful and linguistically sensitive study of the nature of invention; a meta-fictional commentary on the anxiety (and ecstasy) of influence; and above all else, a celebration of the written word.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004170, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004170
- Subject Headings
- Pritchard, Melissa--Influence., Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Short stories, American., Authorship., Storytelling., Shared virtual environments.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Bullet.
- Creator
- Pumphrey, Christopher J., Schwartz, Jason, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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Bullet is a collection of short stories that fictionalizes the last days of twentieth century world authors. Inspired heavily by the biographies of each writer, the stories depict the spiraling psyches of each suicide. Each narrator is carefully crafted out of the real life of each author though, first and foremost, each story is fiction. By the end, Bullet is a contemplation of both life and death from the perspective of the greatest minds of the last one hundred years. Only now, in the new...
Show moreBullet is a collection of short stories that fictionalizes the last days of twentieth century world authors. Inspired heavily by the biographies of each writer, the stories depict the spiraling psyches of each suicide. Each narrator is carefully crafted out of the real life of each author though, first and foremost, each story is fiction. By the end, Bullet is a contemplation of both life and death from the perspective of the greatest minds of the last one hundred years. Only now, in the new millennium, can the twentieth century be definitively sketched. Bullet is one of the first pieces of writing to do so.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000952
- Subject Headings
- Short stories, American, Symbolism in literature, Death--Fiction, Suicide--Fiction
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Hungry and Other Stories.
- Creator
- Sheffield, Mary, Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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This is a collection of short stories that deal with elements of identity, the fantastic, fragmentation, poetry, the media, politics, and myriad other themes. The stories are connected by an interwoven thread of self-discovery and awareness. These stories present an image and then rework it, giving greater or varied details about whatever is being describing in the hope of achieving a more visceral story, a more true experience of writing and reading, and a better understanding of the...
Show moreThis is a collection of short stories that deal with elements of identity, the fantastic, fragmentation, poetry, the media, politics, and myriad other themes. The stories are connected by an interwoven thread of self-discovery and awareness. These stories present an image and then rework it, giving greater or varied details about whatever is being describing in the hope of achieving a more visceral story, a more true experience of writing and reading, and a better understanding of the emotions that underlie the story. These stories also try to capture and communicate the idea that our experience is a common one, across time and cultures, and the idea that many, many more writers than I could ever read in my lifetime have written about this experience.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000963
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature, Short stories, American--Collections, Conduct of life
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Bingo and other stories.
- Creator
- Peacock, Richard., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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"Bingo" and Other Stories is a collection of short stories whose individual primary characters are forced to make profound changes in the wake of a discovery that comes about as a result of a tragedy or strained personal relationship or a combination of both. This collection is multigenerational in its collective scope and it reflects influences that come from the African-American and Southern literary traditions. In addition, it uses realism to create the settings for and sensibilities of...
Show more"Bingo" and Other Stories is a collection of short stories whose individual primary characters are forced to make profound changes in the wake of a discovery that comes about as a result of a tragedy or strained personal relationship or a combination of both. This collection is multigenerational in its collective scope and it reflects influences that come from the African-American and Southern literary traditions. In addition, it uses realism to create the settings for and sensibilities of the characters who populate the stories. Stories in the collection are also connected in how they conjure up various geographical locations in Florida, especially regions of Florida that identify with the traditional American South.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186770
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature, Short stories, American, Conduct of life, Southern States, In literature, African Americans in literature
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Paradise Revealed.
- Creator
- Ditusa, Michael, Schwartz, Jason, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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South Florida is a collective of eclectic personalities who often transplant themselves from all across the country. They are often seeking a new opportunity, or running away from the baggage of their past. This collection of fiction stories seeks to explore the lives of the people who populate the area and serve the rest of the world who descend on the area annually seeking their own personal one to two week paradise. The collection sees those often living lives of quite desperation, while...
Show moreSouth Florida is a collective of eclectic personalities who often transplant themselves from all across the country. They are often seeking a new opportunity, or running away from the baggage of their past. This collection of fiction stories seeks to explore the lives of the people who populate the area and serve the rest of the world who descend on the area annually seeking their own personal one to two week paradise. The collection sees those often living lives of quite desperation, while at the same time returning to their jobs in the service industry night after night smiling. Juxtaposing the faith-based life against the backdrop of the night life, the characters are all on a journey to discover their own paradise the area offers. Sometimes they find it in small moments they experience. Sometimes they find it on the open road leaving.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000910
- Subject Headings
- Florida--Social life and customs--Fiction., Symbolism in literature., Self-realization., Short stories, American.
- Format
- Document (PDF)