The seven stories collected here including Killings, the basis for Todd Field s award-winning film In the Bedroom showcase legendary writer Andre Dubus s sheer narrative mastery in a book of quietly staggering emotional power. A father in mourning contemplates the unthinkable as the only way to allay his grief. A boy must learn to care for his younger brother when their mother leaves the family. A young woman who has never lacked lovers despairs of ever finding love itself, and then makes an accidental discovery that brings her real joy. Culled from Dubus s treasured collections "Selected...
The seven stories collected here including Killings, the basis for Todd Field s award-winning film In the Bedroom showcase legendary writer Andre Dubu...
Little Children centers on a handful of individuals whose livesintersect on the playgrounds, town pools, and streets of theirsmall community in surprising and potentially dangerousways. While it is based on an acclaimed novel, Todd Field andTom Perrotta wanted to create a film that stood on its own, independent of the book. Tom Perrotta says: "For me, as anovelist, the attraction of a film adaptation lies precisely in thisopportunity to re-imagine my book with someone else, andexplore new possibilities for the characters and the story."
Todd Field elaborates: "The struggle...
Little Children centers on a handful of individuals whose livesintersect on the playgrounds, town pools, and streets of theirsmall communi...
