Empty Bed Blues: Stories

by George P. Garrett

Book Overview

The fifteen stories of George Garrett's Empty Bed Blues (his eighth book-length collection) are vintage Garrett--no two alike--with each moving, one way and another, in new and daring directions. His stories are deeply concerned with the old verities of love and death and filled with the joys and woes of characters who come to life and command our attention. Diversity is the key word for Garrett's short fiction. He works in every known form and invents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826216307
• ISBN13: 9780826216304
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

An anthology of fifteen stories by award-winning author George Garrett

Empty Bed Blues is an anthology of fifteen stories by award-winning author George Garrett, each unique, yet many mixing fact with fiction, memoir with adventure, comedy and tragedy. Nearly all stories are prose, though "A Short History of the Civil War" is in the form of a series of poems by two participants, a Confederate and a Yankee. Other tales include "Pornographers", a gritty tale about a sleazy reporter searching for the ultimate crime story, and "A Story Goes with It", the tale of a much-beloved friend now gone, as remembered through retelling a favorite yarn. From dark and brutal to wistful and contemplative, the stories run the gamut of diversity, yet each demands to be read to the end and fully and absorbed. Highly recommended.