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- catalog abstract ""Field Observations, the debut fiction collection from Rob Davidson, contains stories about people who find themselves at difficult turning points in their lives - times when they are faced with hard choices, broken promises, and the fear of self-destruction. Davidson's characters are diverse: a retired math teacher, an auto repair worker, a technical writer, a nurse living overseas. What connects them is the way Davidson renders each character with essential human dignity, regardless of his or her flaws. This collection addresses such contemporary concerns as love relationships, cultural interaction, divorce, aging, and alcoholism in a lively, sometimes off beat way." "In "Inventory" the young narrator, fresh out of the army, struggles to take stock of his civilian life and assume responsibility for himself. An estranged wife, in "You Have to Say Something," competes for attention with her husband's manic approach to work, finding both solace and frustration in a new friend, a compulsive gift-giver. "A Private Life" renders a young Peace Corps volunteer grappling with her loneliness in a foreign country, with a sense of exposure and violation. In "What We Leave Behind," a college dropout and onetime golf prodigy finds himself dissatisfied with his current career as a vacuum cleaner salesman; after a quirky encounter with a client, he finds hope for a new beginning."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12104446.
- catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs 20th century Fiction.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Field Observations, the debut fiction collection from Rob Davidson, contains stories about people who find themselves at difficult turning points in their lives - times when they are faced with hard choices, broken promises, and the fear of self-destruction. Davidson's characters are diverse: a retired math teacher, an auto repair worker, a technical writer, a nurse living overseas. What connects them is the way Davidson renders each character with essential human dignity, regardless of his or her flaws. This collection addresses such contemporary concerns as love relationships, cultural interaction, divorce, aging, and alcoholism in a lively, sometimes off beat way." "In "Inventory" the young narrator, fresh out of the army, struggles to take stock of his civilian life and assume responsibility for himself. An estranged wife, in "You Have to Say Something," competes for attention with her husband's manic approach to work, finding both solace and frustration in a new friend, a compulsive gift-giver. "A Private Life" renders a young Peace Corps volunteer grappling with her loneliness in a foreign country, with a sense of exposure and violation. In "What We Leave Behind," a college dropout and onetime golf prodigy finds himself dissatisfied with his current career as a vacuum cleaner salesman; after a quirky encounter with a client, he finds hope for a new beginning."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Inventory -- You Have to Say Something -- The Hillside Slasher -- Field Observations -- A Private Life -- Maintenance -- Barnstorming -- What We Leave Behind -- Body Work.".
- catalog extent "ix, 193 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Field observations.".
- catalog identifier "0826213340 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Field observations.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Columbia, MO : University of Missouri Press,".
- catalog relation "Field observations.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs 20th century Fiction.".
- catalog subject "813/.6 21".
- catalog subject "PS3604.A95 F54 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Inventory -- You Have to Say Something -- The Hillside Slasher -- Field Observations -- A Private Life -- Maintenance -- Barnstorming -- What We Leave Behind -- Body Work.".
- catalog title "Field observations : stories / by Rob Davidson.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "text".