David Rabe, the Tony award-winning playwright of Hurlyburly and In the Boom Boom Room, brings his intense vision to the world of fiction, with a short story collection of astonishing range and versatility. Whether he is writing about a marriage shadowed by the unacknowledged discord of a risky pregnancy, a group of men whose attempt to settle an account launches them toward unexpected violence, or a young journalist who believes he's escaped his Catholic roots only to be forced again to confront them by a priest who once mentored his writing, Rabe's strong, true voice tenders an inimitable portrait of America and offers benediction to her lost souls. A Primitive Heart confirms the mastery of a writer and establishes David Rabe as an exciting voice in fiction.
AwardsCommended for Connecticut Book Awards (Fiction) 2006.
Book InformationISBN 9780802142771
Author David RabeFormat Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Weight(grams) 354g