Donald Secreast Knihy
Tento autor skúma životy v malých mestách a priemyselné dedičstvo amerického juhu prostredníctvom sugestívnych poviedok a poézie. Jeho diela sa často sústredia na obyčajných ľudí, ktorí sa potýkajú s výzvami pracovného a rodinného života, pričom vykresľuje ich vnútorné svety s hlbokým pochopením a empatiou. Secreastov štýl je priamy a obrazný, často čerpá z konkrétnych miest a skúseností, aby vytvoril univerzálne rezonujúce príbehy. Jeho písanie ponúka prenikavý pohľad na americkú krajinu a ľudskú dušu.
The Solar-Powered Southern Belle: Short stories
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- 8 hodin čítania
The Solar-Powered Southern Belle consists of eight stories, which deal with the aspirations of eight characters who find themselves not fully equipped, by traditional measurements, to achieve a completely balanced life. Consequently, they must struggle with which parts of their lives they must sacrifice in order to find the satisfying equilibrium they seek. These stories represent author’s continuing exploration of how people who have not been born with any economic or social advantages pursue whatever paths they can find to spiritual or psychological fulfillment.Donald Secreast is the author of two collections of short stories, The Rat Becomes Light and White Trash, Red Velvet, published by HarperCollins in 1990 and 1993. He earned a Ph.D. at the University of Iowa and he taught fiction writing and American Literature at Radford University.