Trajectory: A short story collection

Richard Russo's characters in his four expansive stories in "Trajectory" bear little similarity to his blue-collar citizens. In "Horseman," a professor confronts a young plagiarist, while in "Intervention," a real estate agent faces a medical prognosis. In "Voice," a semi-retired academic is conned into joining a group tour of the Venice Biennale, and in "Milton and Marcus," a lapsed novelist tries to rekindle his screenwriting career. Each story is shot through with humor, wisdom, and surprise, extending Russo's achievements.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 256 pages
\n Publication date: 28 November 2018
\n Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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Richard Russo's characters in these four expansive stories bear little similarity to the blue-collar citizens we're familiar with from many of his novels. In "Horseman," a professor confronts a young plagiarist as well as her own weaknesses as the Thanksgiving holiday looms closer and closer. In "Intervention," a real estate agent facing an ominous medical prognosis finds himself in his father's shadow while he presses forward - or not. In "Voice," a semi-retired academic is conned by his estranged brother into joining a group tour of the Venice Biennale, fleeing a mortifying incident with a traumatized student back in Massachusetts but encountering further complications in the maze of Venice. And in "Milton and Marcus," a lapsed novelist tries to rekindle his screenwriting career, only to be stymied by the pratfalls of that trade when he's called to an aging, iconic star's mountaintop retreat in Wyoming.

Each of these stories is shot through with the humor, wisdom, and surprise for which Richard Russo has long been acclaimed. "Trajectory" continues to extend the breadth of his achievements.

\n Weight: 240g\n
Dimension: 192 x 171 x 19 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781760297220\n
Edition number: Main\n