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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Breakby Steven Sherrill
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The Minotaur, M, a fantastical and once fearsome beast from Greek mythology is now reduced to a mundane existence in the gritty South. M dreams in concussions of memory; he 'dreams himself a zygote....in the dry trough of his birth canal the Minotaur dreams already of retribution ? dreams the sluice gate and the hot wash of shame.' Yet even M, the most displaced of creatures, finds himself chancing at hope for happiness of a crude sort. Author Steven Sherrill offers a raw and redeeming take on finding one's place in the world in this excellent debut novel. Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Five thousand years out of the Labyrinth, the Minotaur finds himself in the American South, living in a trailer park and working as a line cook at a steakhouse. No longer a devourer of human flesh, the Minotaur is a socially inept, lonely creature with very human needs. But over a two-week period, as his life dissolves into chaos, this broken and alienated immortal awakens to the possibility for happiness and to the capacity for love. From Our Staff:The title says it all! The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break, the story of a minotaur who works as a line cook in a Texas steak house, is bizarre, funny, and touching. Steven Sherrill speaks to the isolated "minotaur" in all of us. A worthwhile trip! About the AuthorSteven Sherrill is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and holds an M.F.A. in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. The recipient of a Lila Wallace/ Reader’s Digest Fellowship, his poems and stories have appeared in Best American Poetry, Kenyon Review, and Georgia Review. He lives in Altoona, Pennsylvania. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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