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Stephanie Soileau Knihy

    Stephanie se věnuje psaní o složitých mezilidských vztazích a hlubokých emocích, které se často skrývají pod povrchem každodenního života. Její próza, známá svou poetickou kvalitou a pronikavým vhledem do lidské psychiky, zkoumá témata identity, ztráty a hledání domova. Autorčin styl je charakteristický pečlivým výběrem slov a schopností vykreslit živé obrazy, které rezonují s čtenáři. Skrze své příběhy nabízí Stephanie úvahy o komplexní povaze lidské zkušenosti a o tom, jak se formujeme našimi vzpomínkami a vazbami.

    Last One Out Shut Off the Lights

    • Last One Out Shut Off the Lights

      • 256 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení
      3,6(205)Ohodnotit

      A debut story collection from a rising star, revealing Louisiana and its characters with stark honesty and empathy as they grapple with homesickness, desperation, and desire. Last One Out Shut Off the Lights is a vivid and evocative portrait of the last-chance towns of southern Louisiana, where oil development, industrial pollution, dying wetlands, and the ever-present threat of devastating hurricanes have eroded their inhabitants' sense of home. These stories feature characters struggling to find a foothold in a world that is forever washing out from under them, and who must reckon with their ambivalence about belonging to a place so continually in flux. An overwhelmed mother leaves her infant son in a closet to buy herself a night out; a teacher with a terminally ill husband fantasizes about another man; an old man surveys the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina and decides the fate of a lost cat; and a young woman out of options tries to drag her obese brother to Mexico for surgery, desperate to save his life and her own. Stephanie Soileau's writing is a powerful reminder of the rich variety of American southern culture, and brings back into focus the language and customs that still make Louisiana so unique.

      Last One Out Shut Off the Lights