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Stephanie Soileau

    Stephanie teje narrativas que profundizan en el intrincado tapiz de las relaciones humanas y las profundas emociones a menudo ocultas bajo la superficie de la vida cotidiana. Su prosa, celebrada por su cualidad lírica y su aguda perspicacia en la psique humana, explora temas de identidad, pérdida y la búsqueda de pertenencia. El estilo distintivo de la autora se caracteriza por un preciso dominio del lenguaje y una habilidad para crear imágenes vívidas que resuenan profundamente en los lectores. A través de sus historias, Stephanie ofrece reflexiones reflexivas sobre la compleja naturaleza de la experiencia humana y las formas en que somos moldeados por nuestros recuerdos y conexiones.

    Last One Out Shut Off the Lights
    • Last One Out Shut Off the Lights

      • 256 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      A debut story collection from a rising star, revealing Louisiana and its characters with stark honesty and empathy as they grapple with homesickness, desperation, and desire. Last One Out Shut Off the Lights is a vivid and evocative portrait of the last-chance towns of southern Louisiana, where oil development, industrial pollution, dying wetlands, and the ever-present threat of devastating hurricanes have eroded their inhabitants' sense of home. These stories feature characters struggling to find a foothold in a world that is forever washing out from under them, and who must reckon with their ambivalence about belonging to a place so continually in flux. An overwhelmed mother leaves her infant son in a closet to buy herself a night out; a teacher with a terminally ill husband fantasizes about another man; an old man surveys the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina and decides the fate of a lost cat; and a young woman out of options tries to drag her obese brother to Mexico for surgery, desperate to save his life and her own. Stephanie Soileau's writing is a powerful reminder of the rich variety of American southern culture, and brings back into focus the language and customs that still make Louisiana so unique.

      Last One Out Shut Off the Lights