A Prayer for the Dying Stewart O’Nan Jacob, reeling from his - TopicsExpress



          

A Prayer for the Dying Stewart O’Nan Jacob, reeling from his experiences in the civil war, comes home to his small town in Wisconsin where is minister, undertaker and sheriff. When diphtheria hits the town he must quarantine but, to complicate an already disastrous situation, a fire rages through causing the towns people to flee. Written in the second person singular its tone is eerie of someone who is deeply troubled trying to come to peace with his past. Haunting and unsettling
Posted on: Thu, 01 May 2014 07:41:07 +0000

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