Bibliograph

Trajectory, by Richard Russo

Type

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Trajectory, by Richard Russo

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

Trajectory

Oclc number

959535387

Responsibility statement

by Richard Russo

Summary

"In this pair of novellas and two stories, Russo's characters bear little similarity to the blue-collar citizens we're familiar with from most of his novels. In "Horseman, " a tenured professor confronts a young plagiarist as well as her own weaknesses as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches--"And after that, who knew?" In "Intervention, " a realtor facing an ominous medical prognosis finds himself in his father's shadow while he presses forward, or not. In "Voice, " a semi-retired English professor is conned by his increasingly estranged brother into coming along on a group tour of the Biennale, fleeing a mortifying incident with a traumatized student back in Massachusetts but encountering further complications en route. And in "Milton and Marcus, " a lapsed novelist is struggling with his wife's illness and trying to rekindle his screenwriting career, only to be stymied by the pratfalls of that trade when he's called to an aging, iconic star's mountaintop in Wyoming"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Horseman -- Voice -- Intervention -- Milton and Marcus

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