In the Bedroom

In the Bedroom

• Fiction
• Short Stories
• Classics

The seven stories collected here–including “Killings,” the basis for Todd Field’s award-winning film <b>In the Bedroom</b>–showcase legendary writer Andre Dubus’s sheer narrative mastery in a book of quietly staggering emotional power.<br><br>A father in mourning contemplates the unthinkable as the only way to allay his grief. A boy must learn to care for his younger brother when their mother leaves the family. A young woman who has never lacked lovers despairs of ever finding love itself, and then makes an accidental discovery that brings her real joy. Culled from Dubus’s treasured collections <i>Selected Stories </i>and <i>Dancing After Hours, </i>these beautiful stories of people at pivotal moments in their lives are some of the most bewitching and profound in American fiction.