Family Reunion: And Other Stories
(eBook)
Description
Loading Description...
More Details
Language
English
ISBN
9781453292976
Also in this Series
Checking series information...
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Berry Fleming., & Berry Fleming|AUTHOR. (2015). Family Reunion: And Other Stories . The Permanent Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Berry Fleming and Berry Fleming|AUTHOR. 2015. Family Reunion: And Other Stories. The Permanent Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Berry Fleming and Berry Fleming|AUTHOR. Family Reunion: And Other Stories The Permanent Press, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Berry Fleming, and Berry Fleming|AUTHOR. Family Reunion: And Other Stories The Permanent Press, 2015.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | 54d6d1eb-2538-f4e8-9f20-afdfc4548ad8-eng |
---|---|
Full title | family reunion and other |
Author | fleming berry |
Grouping Category | book |
Last Update | 2023-08-22 21:01:12PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-23 03:16:02AM |
Book Cover Information
Image Source | hoopla |
---|---|
First Loaded | Jul 23, 2023 |
Last Used | Aug 18, 2023 |
Hoopla Extract Information
stdClass Object ( [year] => 2015 [artist] => Berry Fleming [fiction] => 1 [coverImageUrl] => https://cover.hoopladigital.com/opr_9781453292976_270.jpeg [titleId] => 11557159 [isbn] => 9781453292976 [abridged] => [language] => ENGLISH [profanity] => [title] => Family Reunion [demo] => [segments] => Array ( ) [pages] => 160 [children] => [artists] => Array ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [name] => Berry Fleming [artistFormal] => Fleming, Berry [relationship] => AUTHOR ) ) [genres] => Array ( [0] => Family Life [1] => Fiction [2] => Humorous [3] => Literary ) [price] => 2.35 [id] => 11557159 [edited] => [kind] => EBOOK [active] => 1 [upc] => [synopsis] => Bob Otis, an unmarketable author who is just starting his own publishing company in order to get his latest novels in print, is abruptly sidetracked when a relative, so distant that Otis doesn't even place him, phones from Chicago with a request: his father, who has just died, wishes to be buried in the family plot in a small town in Georgia. This call leads to another wonderful comedy of manners as Otis, whose Southern sense of obligations won't permit him to totally avoid this undertaking, is reluctantly sucked into a family reunion at the burial site: a burial attended by a cast of wonderfully eccentric characters who also have no knowledge of the deceased. This novella is a direct descendant of Fleming's earlier comic novels: Colonel Effingham's Raid, Lucinderella, and Captain Bennett's Folly. Indeed, many of the zany, colorful, and irreverent characters of Lucinderella and Captain Bennett make their reappearances here, as does his fictional town of Fredericksville. In many ways, this novel is reminiscent of Federico Fellini's film classic 8 1/2, where the Italian director is surrounded by the characters in his life and in his films. Fleming (who was also forced to self-publish his books during his decades of anonymity) brings to life his roots and his creations with a fine mixture of satire, reflection, and nostalgia. In addition to Family Reunion are some fine examples of the author's gift for short fiction: pieces that touch the heart, the funny bone, and the imagination. [url] => https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11557159 [pa] => [subtitle] => And Other Stories [publisher] => The Permanent Press [purchaseModel] => INSTANT )