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''The Whore's Child and Other Stories'' is a collection of seven short stories by American author Richard Russo published in 2002 by Alfred A. Knopf. It was published after Russo received the Pulitzer Prize for ''Empire Falls'' hence gained considerable attention and many, mostly favorable reviews.〔''Understanding Richard Russo'' by Kathleen Drowne, publ. University of South Carolina Press, ISBN 1611174023〕 == Stories == First publication in brackets. * "The Whore's Child" (''Harper's'', February 1998) - Ignoring normal procedures Sister Ursula invades the advanced fiction writing course taught by the narrator. In her writing she tells her life story, ill-treated by the nuns at the Belgian Convent School where she is brought up and where she was branded 'the whore's child'. ((online text )) * "Monhegan Light" (''Esquire'', August 2001) - Widower and successful Los Angeles Director of Photography Martin is sent a nude painting of his wife Laura by her bitter sister Joyce. He visits the artists community on Monhegan Island accompanied by his latest girlfriend Beth, in search of the artist whom he has realized was his wife's lover. * "The Farther You Go" (''Shenandoah'') - In Durham, Connecticut college lecturer Hank, in pain from prostate surgery discovers his daughter Julie has been hit by her husband Russell. Julie asks Hank to be there when she tells Russell to leave, and Hank drives Russell to Bradley Airport. Russo later developed the characters into the novel ''Straight Man''.〔 * "Joy Ride" (''Meridian'', Fall 1998) - a twelve-year-old boy embarks on a road trip with his mother from Camden, Maine to California as she leaves her husband. * "Buoyancy" (''High Fidelity'', ed. John McNally, pub. William Morrow, 1997) - A retired literature professor takes his wife on a long-postponed trip to Martha's Vineyard but memories of his wife's nervous breakdown some years previously resurface as they find themselves on a nudist beach. * "Poison" (''Kiosk'') - At the narrators beachfront house funded by his success as a screenwriter he is reunited with a fellow writer who grew up in the same industrial town and with whom he has an uneasy relationship. * "The Mysteries of Linwood Hart" In which ten-year-old Linwood attempts to make sense of his parents relationships both with each other and with their wider family whilst he is finding his place in his American Legion Baseball team. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Whore's Child and Other Stories」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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