Same Place, Same Things: Stories

Tim Gautreaux

Apr 2013 · Macmillan + ORM

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226

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"As good as stories get . . . Imbued with the rich roux of family, place, race, and religion that is the base of all good southern fiction." — Times-Picayune

In this collection of stories, Tim Gautreaux chronicles the lives of "ordinary" people who face extraordinary circumstances and decisions: a farmer faced with the prospect of raising his infant granddaughter; a young man who falls in love with a voice on the radio; a train engineer who causes a colossal disaster.

In stories filled with heart and humor, event and consequence, the customs and culture of Louisiana come to life in the hands of a writer who blends rare talent with an even more unusual humanity.

"Astounding . . . Masteries of grace and understatement, reminders of a what is most precious in human life . . . [Written] with an exquisitely expressed tenderness and hopefulness." — Charlotte Observer

"Gautreaux is as good a storyteller as just about anyone writing short fiction in America today." — Boston Phoenix

"As good as stories get . . . Imbued with the rich roux of family, place, race, and religion that is the base of all good southern fiction." — Times-Picayune In this collection of stories, Tim Gautreaux chronicles the lives of "ordinary" people who face extraordinary circumstances and decisions:...

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Tim Gautreaux was born and raised in south Louisiana. His fiction has appeared in Harper's, The Atlantic Monthly, GQ, Story, Best American Short Stories, and elsewhere. He has taught creative writing for many years at Southern Louisiana University. His fiction includes the novel The Next Step in the Dance and the short story collections Welding with Children and Same Place, Same Things.

Tim Gautreaux was born and raised in south Louisiana. His fiction has appeared in Harper's, The Atlantic Monthly, GQ, Story, Best American Short Stories, and elsewhere. He has taught creative writing for many years at Southern Louisiana University. His fiction includes the novel The Next Step in ...

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