We Imagined It Was Rain
Spartanburg, SC : Hub City Press, [2021]
Format: Book
Description: 195 pages ; 22 cm
"Hailed by ZZ Packer as "a master of tone, detail, and imagery", Andrew Siegrist's debut collection We Imagined It Was Rain is a love song to Tennessee. These loosely connected stories are imbued with tenderness, seriousness, and an understanding of the human spirit. A young man moves to the mountains and builds an heirloom chest in the wake of his son's death; a town official must make the decision to execute a circus elephant; two siblings help their father commit suicide; a preacher picks up the pieces of his ruined church, and his marriage, after a devasting flood; locals share stories of the girl with eyelashes so long she can braid them; a lonely man uses rain to paint. A striking and thoughtful debut, Siegrist demonstrates careful attention to the smallest moments, to the rain on a windowpane. We Imagined It Was Rain was the winner of our 2020 C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Whittled Bone -- Satellites -- The Sound of a Father -- Nothing for the Journey -- Heirloom -- Stormlight -- Shinebone -- Rainpainting -- Elephants -- Jaima -- Beneath Dark Water -- Seasons -- Shouting Down the Preacher -- How to Hang a Circus Elephant -- Dryland -- Nightmare Prayers
ISBN:
9781938235887
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Siegrist | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize 2020