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Under the Wheat
Book by Demarinis, Rick
- GenresFiction
157 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
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Rick DeMarinis
45 books6 followersRick DeMarinis (1934-) is an American novelist and short-story writer.
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June 29, 2019Under the Wheat - missile silo inspector has an affair
Good Wars - coming-of-age story of a boy
The Smile of a Turtle - door-to-door salesman convinces a housewife to buy his door peephole, then to let him in; creepy ending
Weeds - a farm kid watches everything die around him due to pesticides
Life Between Meals - large eater converts girls to eat with him, dumps them when they refuse the life, finds another
Blind Euchre - rich woman bored with her life goes on a paraglide ride over her party below
Billy Ducks Among the Pharaohs - adolescent boy goes to work for a gypsy-like man who teaches him photography and sells housewives photos of their kids; reworked for the novel The Burning Women of Far Cry.
Overall, elliptical entrances to his stories that catch people in their natural element. We learn their lives, their particular predicaments along the way.
Neon moments, piecemeal gems, encased in authentic life--the reader works to link them.
DeMarinis exposes the character of a particular California.
Good Wars - coming-of-age story of a boy
The Smile of a Turtle - door-to-door salesman convinces a housewife to buy his door peephole, then to let him in; creepy ending
Weeds - a farm kid watches everything die around him due to pesticides
Life Between Meals - large eater converts girls to eat with him, dumps them when they refuse the life, finds another
Blind Euchre - rich woman bored with her life goes on a paraglide ride over her party below
Billy Ducks Among the Pharaohs - adolescent boy goes to work for a gypsy-like man who teaches him photography and sells housewives photos of their kids; reworked for the novel The Burning Women of Far Cry.
Overall, elliptical entrances to his stories that catch people in their natural element. We learn their lives, their particular predicaments along the way.
Neon moments, piecemeal gems, encased in authentic life--the reader works to link them.
DeMarinis exposes the character of a particular California.
December 23, 2020
Wow! Some great short stories - gems!
July 14, 2014
Among the stories were some gems, but when he veers into the surreal he fails to engage any interest.
October 27, 2009
I read it, but I don't remember it.
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