Rescue Missions – Stories - Hardcover

Busch, Frederick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039306252X ISBN 13: 9780393062526

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006

Synopsis

The war in Iraq is present in some of these stories, and so are the domestic wars; and, in every case, a character seeks to comfort or to save someone. \'The Rescue Mission\' is narrated by a man who runs a rescue mission out of a trailer in upstate New York. In his attempt to save a young woman from the brutality of her boyfriend, he is forced to confront the reality of his own mother\'s death. In \'Good to Go,\' an estranged couple try to save their grown son from the scars of war. Physical love, familial love, the need to give comfort -- and the need for comfort - are themes skillfully rendered by a master of the short story whose achievements have been acknowledged with the PEN/Malamud Award for short fiction and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award of Merit for lifetime achievement in the short story.

About this title

About the Author

Frederick Busch (1941–2006) was the recipient of many honors, including an American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award, a National Jewish Book Award, and the PEN/Malamud Award. The prolific author of sixteen novels and six collections of short stories, Busch is renowned for his writing’s emotional nuance and minimal, plainspoken style. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he lived most of his life in upstate New York, where he worked for forty years as a professor at Colgate University.

Edition details

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 039306252X
• ISBN 13: 9780393062526
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 304