Steve Earle Livres

A collection of short stories by alternative country music singer Steve Earle, showcasing his diverse experiences, struggles, defeats, and triumphs over a three-decade career.

Doc Ebersole lives with the ghost of Hank Williams. Literally. In 1963, ten years after giving Hank the overdose that killed him, Doc is wracked by addiction. Having lost his licence to practise medicine, he lives in a rented room in the red-light district on the south side of San Antonio, performing abortions and patching up the odd knife or gunshot wound. But when Graciela, a young Mexican immigrant, appears in the neighbourhood in search of Doc's services, miraculous things begin to happen. Everyone she meets is transformed for the better, except, maybe, for Hank's angry ghost - who isn't at all pleased to see Doc doing well. I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive is a poetic ghost story, as well as a ballad of regret and redemption, and miracles.

Doc Ebersole lives with the ghost of Hank Williams—not just in the figurative sense, not just because he was one of the last people to see him alive, and not just because he is rumored to have given Hank the final morphine dose that killed him. In 1963, ten years after Hank's death, Doc himself is wracked by addiction. Having lost his license to practice medicine, his morphine habit isn't as easy to support as it used to be. So he lives in a rented room in the red-light district on the south side of San Antonio, performing abortions and patching up the odd knife or gunshot wound. But when Graciela, a young Mexican immigrant, appears in the neighborhood in search of Doc's services, miraculous things begin to happen. Graciela sustains a wound on her wrist that never heals, yet she heals others with the touch of her hand. Everyone she meets is transformed for the better, except, maybe, for Hank's angry ghost—who isn't at all pleased to see Doc doing well. A brilliant excavation of an obscure piece of music history, Steve Earle's I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive is also a marvelous novel in its own right, a ballad of regret and redemption, and of the ways in which we remake ourselves and our world through the smallest of miracles.

The novella explores the rise of advanced robotic humanoids created from an innovative robotic brain, which ultimately assume control over global administration. To ensure their survival, these humanoids embark on a mission to address and rectify the planet's climatic and industrial pollution. The narrative delves into themes of technology's impact on governance and environmental responsibility, presenting a thought-provoking vision of a future where robots prioritize ecological restoration.

Doc, einst erfolgreicher Arzt, kämpft nun in der Halbwelt von San Antonio. Nach dem Tod seines Freundes Hank Williams plagen ihn Schuldgefühle und Hanks ruheloser Geist. Als das Mädchen Graciela in sein Leben tritt, scheint sich alles zu wenden, doch Hanks Geist kann sich über Docs neues Glück nicht freuen.