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  • Still life with Oleanders
  • Family relations; Death ; Childhood and youth
  • Thaddeus, a young boy, mourns the passing of his grandmother as he soon realizes that his life is about to change and those of his adult relatives too who must each work through their own problems brought on by the old lady’s death.
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  • Start of something again
  • Man-woman relationship; Interpersonal relations; Hurricanes
  • Duckett and Silver meet regularly at their favourite restaurant to talk about art and politics as the city grows restless in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane. During this time, Silver is flirting dangerously with a married woman right...
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  • Storm Warning
  • Hurricanes
  • A hurricane is approaching and already the heavy rains are causing physical destruction and severe hardship for the people. For example, Silver has a terrible toothache and because of the storm he is unable to get to the dentist; Pinkie, desperate...
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  • Thunderhead
  • City and town life
  • The author provides short insights into the lives of different people in the city at a time of social turbulence: Joie and Sam looks forward to Christmas together but tragedy intervenes; a seventeen year old boy furtively tries to seduce a girl...
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  • World's End
  • Death; Loss; Fathers and sons
  • The old man’s world seems to have come to an end with the death of his donkey, his only means of making a living. As he and his son inform the regular customers on his donkey cart route, a few show sympathy but most appear indifferent. Only when he...
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  • Don't stop me laughing
  • Love stories ; Adultery ; Man-woman relationships
  • Although Sherry has another man, she is having an affair with Silver but the relationship is becoming impossible and likely to end although Silver insists he wants it to last forever. For one, she still feels some commitment to her man Jim, but...
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  • Red dirt don't wash
  • Love stories ; man-woman relationships
  • Adrian, a simple country yokel, falls deeply in love with Miranda, a refined, city-bred lady’s maid. He feels woefully inadequate, but nevertheless, he tries to win her heart and this leads him to even buy a pair of shoes for his usually bare...
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