Hall of Small Mammals: Stories

Hall of Small Mammals: Stories

A wild, inventive ride of a short story collection from a distinctive new American storyteller.

The stories in Thomas Pierceâ€™s Hall of Small Mammals take place at the confluence of the commonplace and the cosmic, the intimate and the infinite.Â A fossil-hunter, a comedian, a hot- air balloon pilot, parents and children, believers and nonbelievers, the people in these stories are struggling to understand the absurdity and the magnitude of what it means to exist in a family, to exist in the world.

In â€œShirley Temple Three,â€ a mother must shoulder her sonâ€™s burdenâ€”a cloned and resurrected wooly mammoth who wreaks havoc on her house, sanity, and faith. In â€œThe Real Alan Gass,â€ a physicist in search of a mysterious particle called the â€œdaisyâ€ spends her days with her boyfriend, Walker, and her nights with the husband who only exists in the world of her dreams, Alan Gass.Â Like the daisy particle itselfâ€”â€œforever locked in a curious state of existence and nonexistence, sliding back and forth between the twoâ€â€”the stories in Thomas Pierceâ€™s Hall of Small Mammals are exquisite, mysterious, and inextricably connected.

From this enchanting primordial soup, Pierceâ€™s voice emergesâ€”a distinct and charming testament of the New South, melding contemporary concerns with their prehistoric roots to create a hilarious, deeply moving symphony of stories.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Riverhead Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-01-08
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Riverhead Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-01-08
Format	Kindle eBook

Hall of Small Mammals: Stories

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