A boy watches a remedy man· tame a wild stallion, a contest that mirrors his own struggle with his father. A woman driving her motherœs ashes across the country has a strangely transcendent run-in with an injured hawk. Two aging widowers, in Stetsons and bolo ties, together make a daily pilgrimage to the local Dennyœs, only to be divided by the attentions of their favorite waitress. Peering unblinkingly into the chasms that separate fathers and sons, husbands and wives, friends and strangers, these powerful tales bear the unmistakable signature of an American master.
Content Note
Remedy man -- Coalinga 1/2 way -- Berlin Wall piece -- Blinking eye -- Betty's cats -- Door to women -- Foreigners -- Living the sign -- Company's interest -- Concepción -- It wasn't Proust -- Convulsion -- An unfair question -- A frightening seizure -- Tinnitus -- Stout of heart -- Great dream of heaven -- All the trees are naked.