The Mover of Bones

by Vivian, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780803246799
• ISBN10: 080324679X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

In one hand, Jesse Breedlove holds a bottle of Cuervo Goldor what's left of itin the other, the shovel with which he has just unearthed the bones of a small girl buried in the cellar of a Catholic church in Omaha, Nebraska. So begins Breedlove's odyssey across the literal and mythical landscapes of America, bearing the finely articulated body he has uncovered, the bones that would neither rest nor, in their restless eloquence, let him remain silent. Through the heart of the United States this mover of bones encounters people who live on the margins, geographically and emotionally, and who find that his presence and his plight summon their voices. Rumors surface and reports multiply as the lonely, the addicted, the isolated, the damned, the pure of heart, and the holy sane speak. From the dark and distant edges of society, they bear witnesssometimes directly, sometimes obliquelyto what the mover of bones and his burden mean. Defiler, redeemer, sinner, or saintBreedlove is the stuff myths are made of, andThe Mover of Bones, the first of the Tall Grass Trilogy of novels by the remarkably gifted Robert Vivian, evokes a collective dream of the heartland.

Author Biography

Robert Vivian’s stories, poems, and essays have appeared in numerous publications, and his plays have been produced in New York City. He is the author of the award-winning book Cold Snap as Yearning (available in a Bison Books edition) and teaches English and creative writing at Alma College in Michigan.

Table of Contents

Das Lied von der Erde	1	(6)
George Garvin	7	(4)
Mrs. Clyde J. Parker	11	(6)
John Clearwater	17	(7)
Easter Hollins	24	(16)
Nathan Webb	40	(5)
Moffut Townsend of Miami, Oklahoma	45	(8)
Little Woodpile	53	(8)
Lizzie Vicek	61	(12)
Pompadour Williams	73	(13)
Earl Dodson	86	(12)
Katie LeBrun	98	(14)
Joshua Tidbowl	112	(9)
Missy Sanders, One of the Lost	121	(7)
Marian Keyes Wanders into the Night	128	(8)
Ed Jakowski	136	(11)
Lee Katz	147	(9)
Der Abschied	156