Drawn from Life - Softcover

Strong, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0979299934 ISBN 13: 9780979299933

Publisher: Quale Pr, 2008

Synopsis

DRAWN FROM LIFE traces the erotic and aesthetic development of a Midwestern painter--from a childhood fascination with both 1940s cars and the bodies of other boys, through an unhappily extended sojourn on the East Coast, to the inheriting of his grandmother's farm by the Mississippi River where he collects a barnful of Nashes, DeSotos and Kaisers, along with a reclusive ex-convict of a boyfriend in the painter's happily settled middle age.

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About the Author

Jonathan Strong grew up in Illinois and now lives in Rockport, Massachusetts. He teaches fiction writing at Tufts University and the Bread Loaf School of English. Drawn From Life is his tenth book. He has also taught at Harvard University, the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and Wellesley College. He has received the Rosenthal Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, two O. Henry awards, and two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. His fiction has appeared in Partisan Review, Esquire, Shenandoah, The Atlantic, TriQuarterly, Transatlantic Review among others. His previous books are: A Circle Around Her, The Old World, An Untold Tale, Offspring, Secret Words, Elsewhere, Companion Pieces, Ourselves, The Haunts of His Youth (revised edition of Tike and Five Stories).

Edition details

• Publisher: Quale Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0979299934
• ISBN 13: 9780979299933
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 302