CIIS Faculty Publications
Title
The Bostons
Files
Description
Mr. Sargent, the aging Brahmin aesthete of the title story, scribbles his epiphanies on cocktail napkins and covers them up with his drinks. A Maine innkeeper shoots his wife, who remains bitterly loyal to him until the death of their son. A whole family conspires to keep the birth of yet another dirt-poor relation a secret from his grandmother. On the icy cobblestone streets of Boston and the rockbound coast of Maine, these vividly realized characters try to reconcile habits of obedience and self-reliance with the urgent desire to capture the wild core of life. The result is an explosion of exquisitely tuned voices, as authentic as they are unforgettable.
ISBN
978-0618017683
Publication Date
2001
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin (Mariner Books)
City
New York
Keywords
Contemporary American Literature, Short Stories, Fiction
Disciplines
American Literature | Fiction
Recommended Citation
Cooke, Carolyn, "The Bostons" (2001). CIIS Faculty Publications. 49.
https://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/facultypublications/49