The Manila-Chattanooga Express: A collection of stories (Original writing)

This collection of eleven short stories explores relationships within an American family living in the Philippines. The father, called "Uncle Chick" throughout, is a central figure and many of the events and characters are defined by his presence or through their interactions with him. The most critical event in this family's history is the onset of World War II. The father fought in the Philippines during the war and became a guerilla leader and decorated war hero. Although the war is seldom brought into the stories directly, with the exception of "War Stories", it is never far from the emotional heart of the collection. As family members deal with the deaths of friends, nephews, sons, parents and grandparents the shadow of the war informs their experiences with a kind of metaphorical quality, as if life itself were a kind of war, and death an opportunity for revelation.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Year

1992

Author dc:creator

• Parsons, Peter Charles

Contributors dc:contributor

• Richard Wiley

Statement dc:rights

• IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/263

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-1262