Lives of Short Duration
Download or Read eBook Lives of Short Duration PDF written by David Adams Richards and published by New Canadian Library. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : David Adams Richards |
| Publisher | : New Canadian Library |
| Total Pages | : 442 |
| Release | : 2011-09-20 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780771094293 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0771094299 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Lives of Short Duration by : David Adams Richards
Book excerpt: The Terris are engaging people, but they are a family in collapse. Alcoholism, drugs, and loveless sex have reduced them to a petty and wasted bunch. Worse, they typify aspects of the larger community besieged by financial woes and by creeping economic and cultural Americanization. What David Adams Richards accomplishes is no mean feat: his characters are at times vicious, sleazy, and even outright dim, yet he manages to entitle them to the interest and sympathy of the reader. Even more now than at its first publication in 1981, Lives of Short Duration’s sharp, essential insights have significance for readers seeking to understand the modern Canadian predicament.
