Bibliograph

Eternal night at the nature museum, stories, Tyler Barton

Type

Label

Eternal night at the nature museum, stories, Tyler Barton

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

Eternal night at the nature museum

Oclc number

1252413404

Responsibility statement

Tyler Barton

Sub title

stories

Summary

"Loss and rediscovery occupy the heart of this adventurous collection. The characters in Eternal Night at the Nature Museum find refuge in strange, repurposed spaces: a middle-aged addict emcees a demolition derby, which transforms into a hostel, then a cult; a church congregates in an abandoned Hardee's; octogenarians escape their nursing home; unsupervised children sell knives to the neighborhood. In a contemporary America blemished with loneliness and late-capitalism, there is no end to the fractured places in which these characters find 'home.' In twenty vivid, rowdy, buoyant stories--ranging from one-page flashes to thirty-page odysseys--Barton assembles a collection of unforgettable safe havens perfect for crashing, even if only for a night"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Once nothing, twice shatter -- The skins -- Iowa Darter -- Hiccups forever -- Breakthrough mailboxes of southern Pennsylvania -- County map (detail) -- Watchperson -- Eternal night at the nature museum, a half-hour downriver from Three Mile Island -- Stay, go -- Spit if you call it fear -- Seven corners, Pennsylvania -- Black sands -- K, -- Cowboy man, major player -- Of a whole body (passing through) -- Midtown -- Where the rubies live -- The idler -- Ms. Badislav's vomit -- Spiritual introduction to the neighborhood

Target audience

general

Creator