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The Bostons
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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