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I Hate To See That Evening Sun Go Down: Collected Stories (original: 2002; edição: 2003)

de William Gay (Autor)

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William Gay firmly established himself as "the big new name to include in the storied annals of Southern Lit" (Esquire) with his debut novel, The Long Home, and his critically acclaimed follow-up, Provinces of Night. Like Faulkner's Mississippi and Cormac McCarthy's American West, Gay's Tennessee is redolent of broken, colorful souls hard at work charting the pathos of their interior lives.

His debut collection, I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down, brings together what Gay's dedicated readers are eager for and what new readers will find the perfect introduction to his world: thirteen stories that are mined from this same fertile soil teeming with the grizzled, everyday folk that Gay is famous for bringing to life. In these pages readers meet old man Meecham, who escapes from his new nursing home only to find his son has rented their homestead to "white trash"; Quincy Nell Qualls, who not only falls in love with the town lothario but, pregnant, is faced with an inescapable end when he abandons her; Finis and Doneita Beasley, whose forty-year marriage is broken up by a dead dog; Bobby Pettijohn, who is awakened in the middle of the night by the noise and lights of a search party looking for clues after a body is discovered in his backwoods.

William Gay expertly sets these conflicted people who make bad choices in life and love against lush back-country scenery, and somehow manages to defy moral logic as we grow to love his characters for the weight of their human errors. Diverse as these tales are, what connects them is the powerful voice of a born storyteller.

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Título:I Hate To See That Evening Sun Go Down: Collected Stories
Autores:William Gay (Autor)
Informação:Free Press (2003), 320 pages
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Thanks to a recommendation from an LT friend, William Gay may become a favorite author. Relatively unknown, out of the Southern Gothic tradition, Gay's stories in this collection pack a punch, for the language's poetic brilliance and characters working through the chaos of their lives. By highlighting everyday, while fringe, people, Gay manages to weave a thread of the human condition that is recognizable to all. Even if the circumstances of any one of the stories might be absolutely foreign to the common life, the underlying internal lives are familiar and evocative. Great introduction to an author who more people should read. A favorite all-time book. ( )
  blackdogbooks | May 20, 2023 |
I love William Gay's writing and was so sad to learn of his passing.

His writing is unlike any I've ever read before. People praise Cormac McCarthy - and rightfully so - but Gay surpasses the portraits he paints with his words, even as sparse as McCarthy.

Such a treat. ( )
  EricEllis | Sep 2, 2017 |
You need to read this collection. Cause I told you to. Do it. Now. Now, darn it. ( )
  BooksOn23rd | Nov 25, 2015 |
These well-written short stories will not be everyone's cup of tea -- they all contain some dark and/or disturbing elements. However, that darkness was just right for reading in October! The stories engaged me right away & the descriptions of Tennessee, both physical and cultural, were brilliant. I look forward to reading some of Gay's full length novels! ( )
  leslie.98 | Oct 11, 2015 |
This is my absolute favorite book of all time. The title story is amazing, the paperhanger is so scary. The best story for me was My Hand Is Just Fine Where It Is. That was an amazing story, and Mr. Gay was such a great writer. Thaey made a movie off of the title story and it was great, just one of those indie movies that touch your heart. ( )
  Alexander19 | Jun 18, 2013 |
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William Gay firmly established himself as "the big new name to include in the storied annals of Southern Lit" (Esquire) with his debut novel, The Long Home, and his critically acclaimed follow-up, Provinces of Night. Like Faulkner's Mississippi and Cormac McCarthy's American West, Gay's Tennessee is redolent of broken, colorful souls hard at work charting the pathos of their interior lives.

His debut collection, I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down, brings together what Gay's dedicated readers are eager for and what new readers will find the perfect introduction to his world: thirteen stories that are mined from this same fertile soil teeming with the grizzled, everyday folk that Gay is famous for bringing to life. In these pages readers meet old man Meecham, who escapes from his new nursing home only to find his son has rented their homestead to "white trash"; Quincy Nell Qualls, who not only falls in love with the town lothario but, pregnant, is faced with an inescapable end when he abandons her; Finis and Doneita Beasley, whose forty-year marriage is broken up by a dead dog; Bobby Pettijohn, who is awakened in the middle of the night by the noise and lights of a search party looking for clues after a body is discovered in his backwoods.

William Gay expertly sets these conflicted people who make bad choices in life and love against lush back-country scenery, and somehow manages to defy moral logic as we grow to love his characters for the weight of their human errors. Diverse as these tales are, what connects them is the powerful voice of a born storyteller.

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