Corpus Christi

Author : Bret Anthony Johnston
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812971876
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corpus Christi written by Bret Anthony Johnston and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2005-06-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an acclaimed and award-winning young writer comes an intensely moving debut collection set in the eye of life’s storms. In Corpus Christi, Texas—a town often hit by hurricanes— parents, children, and lovers come together and fall apart, bonded and battered by memories of loss that they feel as acutely as physical pain. A car accident joins strangers linked by an intimate knowledge of madness. A teenage boy remembers his father’s act of sudden and self-righteous violence. A “hurricane party” reunites a couple whom tragedy parted. And, in an unforgettable three-story cycle, an illness sets in profound relief a man’s relationship with his mother and the odd, shifting fidelity of truth to love. Told in fresh, lyrical voices and taut, inventive styles, these narratives explore the complex volatility of love and intimacy, sorrow and renewal—and expose how often these experiences feel like the opposite of themselves. From the woman whose young son’s uncanny rapport with snakes illuminates her own missed opportunities to the man confronting his wife and her lover in a house full of illegal exotic birds, all the characters here face moments of profound decision and recognition in which no choice is clearly or completely right. Writing with tough humor, deep humanity, and a keen eye for the natural environment, Bret Anthony Johnston creates a world where where cataclysmic events cut people loose from their “regular lives, floating and spiraling away from where we had been the day before.” Corpus Christi is a extraordinarily ambitious debut. It marks the arrival of an important, exquisitely talented voice to American fiction.

Author : Murphy Givens
Publisher : Jim
ISBN 13 : 9780983256502
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corpus Christi - A History written by Murphy Givens and published by Jim. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventurers, outlaws, settlers, cowboys, ranchers, and entrepreneurs from the United States, Europe, and Mexico all came to the coastal bend of Texas, struggling against nature and their fellow man to make their homes and livelihoods. Corpus Christi nearly disappeared during two wars, but grew and prospered in another. In this account, the tales of its growth are combined with the stories of its residents to reveal its intriguing history.

Author : A. C. Peirce
Publisher : Copano Bay Press
ISBN 13 : 0976779978
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Man from Corpus Christi written by A. C. Peirce and published by Copano Bay Press. This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1887 a Boston physician comes to Texas for some bird hunting for ornithological purposes. He finds the perfect guide in John M. Priour, who leads his Yankee friend on a 400-mile trek through bramble, bog, forest, mud, and more mud. When he returns to Boston, Dr. Peirce details his misadventures in Texas.

Author : Miri Rubin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521438056
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corpus Christi written by Miri Rubin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A paperback edition of Miri Rubin's highly successful study of the meaning of the eucharist, c. 1150-1500.

Author : Terrence McNally
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780822216964
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corpus Christi written by Terrence McNally and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: The most controversial and talked about play of the 1998 theatrical season begins: We are going to tell you an old and familiar story. But from that point on, nothing feels quite familiar again. What follows is a story that parallels t

Author : Alan Lessoff
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477312242
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Texas Meets the Sea written by Alan Lessoff and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrating how the growth of a midsized city can illuminate urban development issues across an entire region, this exemplary history of Corpus Christi explores how competing regional and cosmopolitan influences have shaped this thriving port and leisur

Author : J. Williamson Moses
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780977400201
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Texas in Other Days written by J. Williamson Moses and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moses wrote a series of columns about the events of his life for the San Antonio Express from 1887 to 1890 ... These columns have been re-organized, re-edited, and annotated by Murphy Givens.

Author : Scott Williams
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738558530
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corpus Christi written by Scott Williams and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latin for "Body of Christ," Corpus Christi is a popular vacation destination, military town, and thriving seaport. Legend has it that Spanish explorer Alonso Álvarez de Pineda discovered and named Corpus Christi Bay in 1519. Henry L. Kinney, a trader who arrived in the area around 1838, is credited with starting the trading post that eventually grew into one of Texas's largest cities and became home to one of the nation's busiest ports. This "Sparkling City by the Sea" balances growth and industry with an appreciation for the air, water, and wildlife that attract both sportsmen and environmentalists. Corpus Christi is a bilingual, bicultural community that embraces both its Mexican and American roots.

Author : Carolyn Dean
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822323679
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inka Bodies and the Body of Christ written by Carolyn Dean and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis of how a religious festival dramatized the subaltern status of indigenous converts and how these converts used this to construct positive colonial identities.

Author : Mary A Sutherland
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015677654
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of Corpus Christi written by Mary A Sutherland and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.