Difficulties of a Bridegroom"This first collection of short fiction by England's Poet Laureate ranges in setting from Yorkshire to Africa, and addresses themes that have preoccupied Ted Hughes throughout his career." "These stories may be read as an accompaniment to his poetry, or independently as examples of craft and linguistic vigor. The collection includes "Sunday," an early story written in 1957, in which the death of a rat provides an escape from the routine of an English sabbath, "The Rain Horse" and "The Harvesting," about the rural violence of the author's boyhood in Yorkshire, the previously unpublished "O'Kelly's Angel," about a man who captures and cages an angel like a circus attraction - a fable that foreshadowed the troubles in Northern Ireland; "Snow," a monologue of an air crash survivor; a fairy story, "The Head"; the radio play "The Wound," about an episode in World War II; and a ghost story; "The Deadfall," about a young boy's camping expedition with his bloodthirsty brother."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
