Problem You Have
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Author_Robert Garner McBrearty
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dysfunctional relationships in literary fiction
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Southwestern short stories
survivor's guilt narratives
tragicomic short stories
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- ISBN 9780826367730
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 18 Mar 2025
- Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Sisyphean characters in The Problem You Have may not be pushing a giant rock up a hill, but they are unlikely to ever get where they are going. Yet despite knowing that, they push on and work with graceful resignation. In McBrearty's newest collection, a diverse group of characters encounter turning points. A minor criminal seeking warmth on a frigid night climbs through a farmhouse window to discover more than he ever expected. A dying soldier recalls the man he left behind. In one horrible afternoon, a college professor realizes the only sanctuary is love. An over-the-hill pitcher refuses to get off the mound. A young couple meets the couple they never want to become. While some stories hold dark themes, McBrearty masterfully infuses the work with humor and compassion, rendering the characters within them relatable. Even with themes of loss or what might have been, the collection sings notes of what might yet be, for both the characters and the reader.
Robert Garner McBrearty is the author of a novella and four additional short story collections, including When I Can't Sleep. He is the recipient of several awards, including the Pushcart Prize and the Sherwood Anderson Foundation Fiction Award.
