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Groundscratchers

Gabriel Welsch

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Description:Elderly homeless twins appear to drift into the woods with a girl in tow. A physicist experiencing hallucinations sees an atom for the first time. A Ukrainian art thief takes an art historian as a lover. A conflict resolution specialist loses his cool at his daughter’s soccer game. A man discovers that his anonymous neighbor whose inattentiveness nearly killed his daughter was once the corrupt ally of the U.S. government. A head of grounds engages in botanical warfare with a trendy garden designer and a daughter contends with her irascible father’s pursuit to control beauty. "The characters in Groundscratchers are not always great role models. They keep secrets, surrender to petty impulses, and too often let pride keep them from giving or receiving the compassion that could improve their lives. But they remain a sympathetic bunch in how they strive to see their actions honestly, even when such knowledge won’t undo all the losses they have incurred. Gabriel Welsch presents their stories with unrelenting clarity but also a tenderness that affirms at least the possibility of redemption. Each sentence is a joy of craftsmanship, lyrical language that does not describe these narrative worlds so much as incant them to life. I cannot say what makes a great work of fiction in the abstract, but I do know that Welsch’s characters feel realer to me than many flesh-and-blood humans. Groundscratchers is a remarkable achievement fashioned over two decades, a collection both modest and intense, where even the quietest exchanges invite revelation."—J. David Stevens, author of Mexico is Missing and I and You"A great man’s family and friends mull over his last words, each hearing an instruction meant for them alone. A groundskeeper sees his life’s work reduced to a joke by an avante garde landscape designer. A woman discovers her father’s secret life when she cleans out his library after his death. Another man discovers that his next-door neighbor’s past includes the downfall of a country. In this remarkable collection of stories, Gabriel Welsch tells us that 'Disregard is the worst you can do. To utterly ignore someone, render them insignificant, not worth any extremity of response, any response at all.' Many of his characters endure disregard while paying very close attention to other people, and the significant tension that builds within them fairly explodes onto the page, the way 'crows burst out of the stubbled corn field before the woods, the only sharp black in a field silvered with dawn and frost.' Even if no one else in the story notices the explosion, the reader understands its power, the reorganization of a life. The stories in Groundscratchers explore the underside of ordinary, with Welsch’s dry humor, keen awareness, and precision of language lighting the way."—Charlotte Holmes, author of The Grass Labyrinth and Gifts and Other StoriesWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Groundscratchers. To get started finding Groundscratchers, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 184

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Tolsun Books

Release: 2021

ISBN: 1948800454

Description: Elderly homeless twins appear to drift into the woods with a girl in tow. A physicist experiencing hallucinations sees an atom for the first time. A Ukrainian art thief takes an art historian as a lover. A conflict resolution specialist loses his cool at his daughter’s soccer game. A man discovers that his anonymous neighbor whose inattentiveness nearly killed his daughter was once the corrupt ally of the U.S. government. A head of grounds engages in botanical warfare with a trendy garden designer and a daughter contends with her irascible father’s pursuit to control beauty. "The characters in Groundscratchers are not always great role models. They keep secrets, surrender to petty impulses, and too often let pride keep them from giving or receiving the compassion that could improve their lives. But they remain a sympathetic bunch in how they strive to see their actions honestly, even when such knowledge won’t undo all the losses they have incurred. Gabriel Welsch presents their stories with unrelenting clarity but also a tenderness that affirms at least the possibility of redemption. Each sentence is a joy of craftsmanship, lyrical language that does not describe these narrative worlds so much as incant them to life. I cannot say what makes a great work of fiction in the abstract, but I do know that Welsch’s characters feel realer to me than many flesh-and-blood humans. Groundscratchers is a remarkable achievement fashioned over two decades, a collection both modest and intense, where even the quietest exchanges invite revelation."—J. David Stevens, author of Mexico is Missing and I and You"A great man’s family and friends mull over his last words, each hearing an instruction meant for them alone. A groundskeeper sees his life’s work reduced to a joke by an avante garde landscape designer. A woman discovers her father’s secret life when she cleans out his library after his death. Another man discovers that his next-door neighbor’s past includes the downfall of a country. In this remarkable collection of stories, Gabriel Welsch tells us that 'Disregard is the worst you can do. To utterly ignore someone, render them insignificant, not worth any extremity of response, any response at all.' Many of his characters endure disregard while paying very close attention to other people, and the significant tension that builds within them fairly explodes onto the page, the way 'crows burst out of the stubbled corn field before the woods, the only sharp black in a field silvered with dawn and frost.' Even if no one else in the story notices the explosion, the reader understands its power, the reorganization of a life. The stories in Groundscratchers explore the underside of ordinary, with Welsch’s dry humor, keen awareness, and precision of language lighting the way."—Charlotte Holmes, author of The Grass Labyrinth and Gifts and Other StoriesWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Groundscratchers. To get started finding Groundscratchers, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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