Silent Passengers (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Larry Woiwode
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Short story
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Memory, Guilt, Midwest, Spiritual life or spirituality, Accidents, Drinking or drunkenness, Time
- Locales: Midwest (U.S.)
Set on a high-plains ranch, the summer retreat of a Silicon Valley family, “Silent Passengers” explores personal tragedy from a perspective that is intimate and introspective. Ostensibly the Steiners have purchased their summer home to enable Mr. Steiner to spend quality time with his children, nine-year-old James and twin daughters, but on the afternoon in question he lies isolated in the twins’ bedroom, napping off the aftereffects of excessive beer consumption while his family visits a neighboring ranch to ride horses.
After Steiner's wife, Jen, and their children...
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