Phone Rings

by Stephen Dixon

Book Overview

"A shocking phone call in the first sentence sparks a soaring tour-de-force saga by two-time National Book Award nominee Stephen Dixon. It is the tale of two brothers, years apart in age, who have... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0976140780
• ISBN13: 9780976140788
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Melville House Publishing
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

a beautiful brotherhood tale

The author chronicles the life of Stu and his brother Dan through almost a lifetime. The chapters, sort of stand-alone short stories, swing between tragedy (loss of loved ones), the mundane (can't remember!), the extraordinary (a cat resurection!) and eventually (or to begin with) the death and grieving of a brother. What's great about Mr Dixon's fiction is that the reader can't be unreceptive. Here, you are carried forward and backward in time, just like in a Nicholas Roeg's movie. You have to put together all the pieces of the puzzle and make your own story. And the story is beautiful. In case i didn't make myself clear : BUY THIS BOOK! :-)