Bear and His Daughter (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Stone
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Mothers, Parents and children, Love or romance, Spiritual life or spirituality, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Fathers, Drugs, Depression, mental, Drug trafficking or dealing, Widows or widowers, Dolphins, New Age movement
While discussing such novels as Dog Soldiers (1974), A Flag for Sunrise (1981), and Children of Light (1986), which have secured his reputation as one of the leading writers of fiction in the United States, Robert Stone has insistently proclaimed that “my subject” is “America and Americans.” Stone’s capability as a writer has been recognized since Dog Soldiers won a National Book Award, but his manner of depicting American experience has drawn a mixed response, including such negative assessments as the comment that there is “not a hint of a whiff...
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