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The Earth and the Sky Stories by Debbie Lee Wesselmann |
"These voices are convincingly blooded—their humanness is what convinces most. Wesselmann's original vision and her extraordinary fictive abilities, more than any facts she employs, take me to all these places I've never been before."—Allen Wier
"Wesselmann's work indicates a fine ear for language, an acute sensibility, and extraordinary imagination which seems always in service to narrative art."—Janet Peery
Wesselmann's debut collection contains richly varied stories with a wide range of cultural knowledge. Hers is a curiosity directed at understanding events from different perspectives and a compassionate engagement with questions of the various forms of exile—moral, spiritual, geographical, and emotional—whether the setting is Taipei, Florence, Tornado Alley (in Texas and Oklahoma), or the Andean foothills.
In lyrical prose Wesselmann creates characters who bridle against what is expected of them despite the pull of a social or cultural imperative—and despite their own inclination to embrace it. The men and women in these thoughtful, moving stories spanning five continents share the desires, loves, and hardships of being human.
DEBBIE LEE WESSELMANN was born in New York City and currently lives in Pennsylvania. Her first novel, Trutor and the Balloonist, was published earlier this year. Her short fiction has appeared in The Literary Review, Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, North Atlantic Review, Ascent, and many other publications. End to end, her travel miles would circle the globe more than four times.
The Earth and the Sky
ISBN 0-87074-420-8 cloth $22.50
ISBN 0-87074-421-6 paper $12.95
6x9. 208 pp.
Fiction.
Publication Date: 1998.
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