The Angel on the Roof: The Stories of Russell Banks

by Banks, Russell

• ISBN13: 9780060931254
• ISBN10: 0060931256
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-12
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

With The Angel on the Roof, Russell Banks offers readers an astonishing collection of thirty years of his short fiction, revised especially for this volume and highlighted by the inclusion of nine new stories that are among the finest he has ever written. As is characteristic of all of Bank's works, these stories resonate with irony and compassion, honesty and insight, extending into the vast territory of the heart and the world, from working-class New England to Florida and the Caribbean and Africa. Broad in scope and rich in imagination, The Angel on the Roof affirms Russell Banks's place as one of the masters of American storytelling.

Table of Contents

By Way of an Introduction	xi
Djinn	1	(22)
Defenseman	23	(12)
The Caul	35	(8)
The Fisherman	43	(50)
Firewood	93	(16)
Quality Time	109	(12)
The Lie	121	(8)
Indisposed	129	(10)
The Child Screams and Looks Back at You	139	(10)
Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story	149	(28)
Assisted Living	177	(16)
The Neighbor	193	(4)
The Rise of the Middle Class	197	(6)
The Burden	203	(16)
Mistake	219	(10)
Plains of Abraham	229	(24)
Theory of Flight	253	(20)
Comfort	273	(6)
Success Story	279	(22)
Cow-Cow	301	(12)
With Che in New Hampshire	313	(10)
Dis Bwoy, Him Gwan	323	(10)
The Fish	333	(8)
The Moor	341	(8)
Searching for Survivors	349	(6)
Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Rowboat	355	(10)
Xmas	365	(6)
The Guinea Pig Lady	371	(70)
Queen for a Day	441	(28)
The Visit	469	(12)
Lobster Night	481	(22)
Author's Note	503