Frederick Busch était un auteur prolifique de seize romans et six recueils de nouvelles, réputé pour la nuance émotionnelle de son écriture et son style minimaliste et simple. Ses œuvres explorent souvent les complexités du cœur humain avec sensibilité et franchise. Busch saisit magistralement les fines lignes entre l'espoir et le désespoir, l'amour et la perte. Son écriture résonne par son honnêteté et sa profonde perspicacité de l'expérience humaine.
Exploring the complexities of love and comfort, this collection intertwines narratives of both the Iraq war and domestic struggles. Each story centers on characters striving to provide solace or rescue others, delving into themes of physical and familial love. The author, recognized as a master of the genre, has received accolades for their significant contributions to short fiction, including the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award of Merit for lifetime achievement.
Exploring the intersection of passion and profession, this memoir features a series of insightful essays reflecting on the author's journey through literature, from his Brooklyn boyhood to his experiences as a published author. Busch shares humorous anecdotes about financial struggles and unconventional writing spaces, while also honoring literary giants like Dickens and Hemingway. This work is both a tribute to the writing life and a celebration of 19th and 20th-century literature, revealing the quirky challenges faced by writers.
A New York Times Notable BookIn the unrelenting cold and bitter winter of upstate New York, Jack and his wife, Fanny, are trying to cope with the desperate sorrow they feel over the death of their young daughter. The loss forms a chasm in their relationship as Jack, a sardonic Vietnam vet, looks for a way to heal them both.Then, in a nearby town, a fourteen-year-old girl disappears somewhere between her home and church. Though she is just one of the hundreds of children who vanish every year in America, Jack turns all his attention to this little girl. For finding what has become of this child could be Jack's salvation--if he can just get to her in time. . . .
The narrative centers on Harry and Catherine, whose complex relationship spans years of love and separation. Catherine, a divorced mother and gallery owner, faces challenges with her current partner, a contractor involved in a controversial mall project. Harry, now an assistant to a senator, returns to investigate the mall's impact on a historic cemetery, reigniting old feelings. The story explores themes of love, loss, and the emotional intricacies of adult relationships, delivered with sharp insight and vibrant prose.
An immensely powerful story, The Night Inspector follows the extraordinary life of William Bartholomew, a maimed veteran of the Civil War, as he returns from the battlefields to New York City, bent on reversing his fortunes. It is there he meets Jessie, a Creole prostitute who engages him in a venture that has its origins in the complexities and despair of the conflict he has left behind. He also befriends a deputy inspector of customs named Herman Melville who, largely forgotten as a writer, is condemned to live in the wake of his vanished literary success and in the turmoil of his fractured family.Delving into the depths of this country's heart and soul, Frederick Busch's stunning novel is a gripping portrait of a nation trying to heal from the ravages of war--and of one man's attempt to recapture a taste for life through the surging currents of his own emotions, ambitions, and shattered conscience.
A shocking revelation disrupts psychologist Alexander Lescziak's tranquil life when a new patient claims to be his half-brother, born from an affair between Lescziak's Jewish mother and a German POW. This confrontation forces him to confront his crumbling marriage and the troubling disappearance of his young lover, Nella. As he retreats into his imagination, the story unfolds a poignant romance set in wartime England's Lake District, exploring how the past profoundly influences the present.
Haunted by the loss of his wife and child, Jack returns to upstate New York to search for a missing nephew at the request of a lawyer. His investigation reveals a sinister side of rural life and introduces him to a dangerous cast of characters. As he confronts brutal realities, Jack grapples with his own painful memories and a tumultuous relationship with a treacherous woman. The story explores themes of memory, obsession, and the inescapable nature of the past, echoing Faulkner's insight that the past is never truly over.
A collection of short stories by a twentieth-century American master.
Ein literarischer Thriller über das düstere New York des 19. Jahrhunderts, in dem der Ex-Scharfschütze William Bartholomew und der vergessene Autor Herman Melville als Nachtinspektor ein Verbrechen im Hafen aufdecken. Sie kämpfen gegen den Sklavenhandel und die finsteren Machenschaften der Unterwelt.