In the Land of Men
by Antonya Nelson
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In this powerful collection of stories, Antonya Nelson portrays women whose lives have slipped loose from their moorings and the men who can't really anchor them. Here we meet Roxanne, the tomboy who consistently chooses men who are not her equal; the loving Marta, whose husband keeps a separate house where he retreats when married life overwhelms him; and Bebe, a married mother of two teenagers who leaves it all behind when her lover comes on a motorcycle to claim her. With painfully keen show more perception, Nelson creates stories that linger in the mind long after they are read, and which create a unique view of relations between the sexes in the small towns and big cities of America. show lessTags
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Nelson, Antonya. In the Land of Men: Stories. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1992.
"In the Land of Men" is a twelve page enormously powerful tale. What would you do if you lost your mother to cancer and left you alone with a father and three teenage brothers; left you living "in the land of men?" What would you do if said brothers, Les, Sam & Donald, find and kidnap your rapist? He's in the trunk of the family car and their only question to you is, what do you want to do? The story leaves you hanging, holding your breath.
"Goodbye Midwest" could also have been called "Goodbye Roxanne." It's the story of an adult woman looking back on a lost friendship from childhood. Best friends from middle school, Roxanne was her opposite in show more everything. Why they were even friends in the first place is a mystery...but that's the beauty of coming of age. Everything is a mystery. show less
"In the Land of Men" is a twelve page enormously powerful tale. What would you do if you lost your mother to cancer and left you alone with a father and three teenage brothers; left you living "in the land of men?" What would you do if said brothers, Les, Sam & Donald, find and kidnap your rapist? He's in the trunk of the family car and their only question to you is, what do you want to do? The story leaves you hanging, holding your breath.
"Goodbye Midwest" could also have been called "Goodbye Roxanne." It's the story of an adult woman looking back on a lost friendship from childhood. Best friends from middle school, Roxanne was her opposite in show more everything. Why they were even friends in the first place is a mystery...but that's the beauty of coming of age. Everything is a mystery. show less
well-written interesting short stories, most with no definitive ending.
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Antonya Nelson teaches creative writing at the University of Houston.
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- Canonical title
- In the Land of Men
- Original title
- In the land of men
- Original publication date
- 1992
- Dedication
- To Robert,
to Jade
and Noah - First words
- Since my attack last year, when I get off work at night one of my brothers is always waiting for me in our family car, the rusted boat, engine idling, double-parked on Halsted right outside Mizzi's, where I wait tables.
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- English, German
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