Through the Safety Net: stories
Through the Safety Net: stories by Charles Baxter, published by Vintage on September 29, 1998, is a collection of eleven short stories that explore the complexities of middle-class American life. In this edition, Baxter delves into themes of desire, dread, tragedy, and grace, presenting characters who navigate their emotional landscapes with varying degrees of awareness and struggle.
Readers will encounter a range of poignant narratives, including a graduate student braving a snowstorm for a lost love and a maintenance worker seeking recognition in unexpected ways. The stories reflect on social life and customs in the United States, capturing moments of both despair and beauty. With a total of 224 pages, this English-language collection showcases Baxter’s distinctive prose and artistic depth, inviting readers to reflect on the human experience.
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Baxter dives into the undercurrents of middle-class American life in these eleven arresting, often mesmerizing stories. Whether they know it or not, Baxter’s characters are floating above an abyss of unruly desire, inexplicable dread, unforeseen tragedy, and sudden moments of grace.
A drunken graduate student hurtles cheerfully through a snowstorm to rescue a fiancee who no longer wants him. A hospital maintenance worker makes a perverse bid for his place in the sunlight of celebrity. A man and a woman who have lost their only child cling fiercely to the one thing they have left of her–their grief. Lit by the quiet lightning of Baxter’s prose, Through the Safety Net is filled with rare artistry and feeling.
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