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Conversations with Andre Dubus
Contributor(s): Edenfield, Olivia Carr (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1617037850     ISBN-13: 9781617037856
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
OUR PRICE: $115.50  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Literary Criticism | Short Stories
- Literary Collections | American - General
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2013003147
Series: Literary Conversations
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.28 lbs) 224 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
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Over three decades, celebrated fiction writer Andre Dubus (1936-1999) published seven collections of short stories, two collections of essays, two collections of previously published stories, two novels, and a novella. While this is an impressive publishing record for any writer, for Dubus, who suffered a near-fatal accident mid-career, it is near miraculous. Just after midnight on July 23, 1986, after stopping to assist two stranded motorists, Dubus was struck by a car. His right leg was crushed, and his left leg had to be amputated above the knee. After months of hospital stays and surgeries, he would suffer chronic pain for the rest of his life. However, when he gave his first interview after the accident, his deepest fear was that he would never write again.

This collection of interviews traces his career beginning in 1967 with the publication of his novel The Lieutenant, to his final interview given right before his death February 24, 1999. In between are conversations that focus on his shift to essay writing during his long recovery period as well as those that celebrate his return to fiction with the publication of "The Colonel's Wife," in 1993. Dubus would also share stories surrounding his Louisiana childhood, his three marriages, the writers who influenced him, and his deep Catholic faith.

Contributor Bio(s): Edenfield, Olivia Carr: - Olivia Carr Edenfield, Portal, Georgia, is an associate professor at Georgia Southern University. Her work has been published in Hemingway Review, Southern Literary Journal, Resources for American Literary Studies, and Explicator.
 
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