02462nam 2200589Ia 450 991045640600332120200520144314.01-58729-107-X(CKB)111004365707838(EBL)836746(OCoLC)44962628(SSID)ssj0000257713(PQKBManifestationID)11247175(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257713(PQKBWorkID)10253831(PQKB)10534396(MiAaPQ)EBC836746(MdBmJHUP)muse12556(Au-PeEL)EBL836746(CaPaEBR)ebr10343465(EXLCZ)9911100436570783819970508d1997 uy 1engur|n|---|||||txtccrThank you for being concerned and sensitive[electronic resource] /Jim HenryIowa City, Iowa University of Iowa Pressc19971 online resource (153 p.)The Iowa short fiction awardDescription based upon print version of record.1-58729-494-X 0-87745-610-0 Contents; Motherhurt; Gladys Knows; The Flood; Congressman Spoonbender; The Earthling!; The Prodigal Corpse; Observer Status; Jesus; The Main Event; The Last of the Plaids; "Yes!" Wins; MouthfeelJim Henry's stories defy convention. There are no easy answers, no quick fixes. Although the plots vary-from a corpse returning to visit his family weeks after his burial, to the musings of a congressman grappling with the weight of history, to a wealthy family's elaborate plot to cheer their mysteriously wounded mother-all express a sense of the extraordinary in the ordinary, the absurd in the everyday.Henry's characters are for the most part misfits, outsiders looking in on a world whose seemingly natural order is turned upside down. In a throw-away culture obsessed witIowa short fiction award.Short stories, AmericanAmerican fictionElectronic books.Short stories, American.American fiction.813813/.54Henry Jim1962-877501MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456406003321Thank you for being concerned and sensitive1959441UNINA