A Primitive Heart: Stories

David Rabe, the Tony award-winning playwright of Hurlyburly and In the Boom Boom Room, brings his intense vision to the world of fiction, with a short story collection of astonishing range and versatility. Whether he is writing about a marriage shadowed by the unacknowledged discord of a risky pregnancy, a group of men whose attempt to settle an account launches them toward unexpected violence, or a young journalist who believes he's escaped his Catholic roots only to be forced again to confront them by a priest who once mentored his writing, Rabe's strong, true voice tenders an inimitable portrait of America and offers benediction to her lost souls. A Primitive Heart confirms the mastery of a writer and establishes David Rabe as an exciting voice in fiction.

Author: David Rabe
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 09/29/2006
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.52w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780802142771
Award: Connecticut Book Awards - Finalist