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Little Criminals

Kurt Rheinheimer

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Winner of the 2003 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction The characters in Kurt Rheinheimer's first collection are players in the late innings of a tied ball game between hope and the limitations imposed by their histories, obsessions, affections, loyalties, and unspoken regrets. More real than the residents of Masters' Spoon River, more familiar than the denizens of Winesburg, Rheinheimer's people, young and old, look straight at us, as though waiting for us to remember that we are not alone in our struggle to understand and to become whole. Though the stories have the weight and reach we expect from serious fiction, they also frequently tiptoe on the margins of hilarity. And the washed up ball players, hubcap collectors, minor league umpires, mobile home salesmen, and all the others we meet on our way through small town America also serve out generous helpings of charm.

Language: English

Pages: 280

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Eastern Washington University

Release: January 01, 2005

ISBN: 0910055963

ISBN 13: 9780910055963

Little Criminals

Kurt Rheinheimer

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Winner of the 2003 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction The characters in Kurt Rheinheimer's first collection are players in the late innings of a tied ball game between hope and the limitations imposed by their histories, obsessions, affections, loyalties, and unspoken regrets. More real than the residents of Masters' Spoon River, more familiar than the denizens of Winesburg, Rheinheimer's people, young and old, look straight at us, as though waiting for us to remember that we are not alone in our struggle to understand and to become whole. Though the stories have the weight and reach we expect from serious fiction, they also frequently tiptoe on the margins of hilarity. And the washed up ball players, hubcap collectors, minor league umpires, mobile home salesmen, and all the others we meet on our way through small town America also serve out generous helpings of charm.

Language: English

Pages: 280

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Eastern Washington University

Release: January 01, 2005

ISBN: 0910055963

ISBN 13: 9780910055963

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