Date of Award
5-1-2004
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Abstract
The fabric of this novel arises from the burnt pages of Gogol's Dead Souls. It explores the metaphor of water, in all its forms, as life. Joe Hennessy is a high school dropout working construction in Lake Tahoe. Catholic shame spins his mind into Mandelbrot sets of unrealizable responsibilities toward his family. A crisis occurs when his sister forces him to start over in a new place. We hear the hush of snow, the smoothness of water and the approach of the saw blade.
Recommended Citation
Wharton, Matthew Eric, "Rainsong in sawdust" (2004). Creative Writing. 113.
https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/uaf_grad_crwriting/113
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/11122/5976
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