"The Cage Keeper and Other Stories" is a collection of seven short stories by Andre Dubus III. The originality of this series lies in the power of the characters and the author's micro perspective on the human condition.
Externally, the stories in this series focus on people from rougher life paths and connections to captivity. Most characters - whether they are primary or secondary - are either workers in prison, spent in prison, or imprisoned in a short time. However, internally, the true impersonation of the role and its vulnerability involves unfinished business or unresolved life issues. In all stories, conflicting animations are mixed together, while characters seek acceptance from themselves and others.
The first story, "The Cage Keeper," is a story with the most complete plot. Even so, the reader's impression of the characters in the story is more profound than the plot. The plot involves a escort prisoner and his hostage, a young prison guard.
The second story, "The Duckling Girl," is about an incest victim who willingly accept more abuse from cruel teen boys.
The third story, "Wolf in the Swamp" is about the adulthood of a young boy when he is hunting alone.
The fourth story, "Forking", is about a former criminal who has been doing it for seven years. Since he was involved in a woman, he had taken it in a bar. He remembered a prisoner who reminded his brother.
The fifth story, "Mountains," from the perspective of a waitress, Sally, likes a Vietnam veterinarian with post-traumatic stress syndrome.
The sixth story, "White Tree, Hammer Moon", is about a man named Rory, a loser in life and a father who is about to go to prison. In the story, Rory camped with two children in the mountains of New Hampshire.
The seventh story, "The Last Dance," is about a turtle hunting, the young character Riley recalls a woman and describes in detail the turtle hunting.
"The Cage Keeper and Other Stories" is loaded in paperback, 224 pages, ISBN: 9780375727740.
The most striking feature of this book is the incredible role of the real person in the story and the author's eloquence and mastery of the use of English language.
The author, Andrew Dubus III, decided to write after receiving a degree in sociology, and then as a bounty hunter, private detective, carpenter, bartender, actor and teacher. Andre Dubus III won several literary awards and awards for his trolley award and became the finalist of the 1999 National Book Awards. He lives with his family and teachers at the Emerson College Writing Course in Massachusetts and Tufts University. "Cage Guardian and other stories", he has "Bruceman" and "Sand and Fog House" and other novels.
The author's insight into the spirit of the characters and compassion left a deep impression on me. Any aspiring novelist will learn a lot about the development of characters by reading Andrei Dubus III, especially the "Cage Guardian and other stories."
Orignal From: Cage Keeper and other stories (book review)
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