Bear and His Daughter: Stories

Robert Stone

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998 - Fiction - 222 pages

In "Miserere," Mary Urquhart is a widowed librarian whose unspeakable secret concerning the death of her husband and children causes her to undertake a most unusual and grisly role in the anti-abortion crusade. In his classic and widely anthologized story " Helping" Stone examines with beautifully composed acuity a moment of climactic confrontation in the life of Elliot, a therapist beset by his own demons. Reminiscent of Dog Soldiers and A Flag for Sunrise, "Under the Pitons" is a harrowing story about Blessington, a somewhat reluctant participant in a drug-running scheme, and the grim and unexpected consequences of his involvement. And finally, the title story, a novella published here for the first time, is a powerful, riveting account of the tangled lines that weave together the relationship of a father and his grown daughter.

About the author

ROBERT STONE (1937-2015) was the acclaimed author of eight novels and two story collections, including Dog Soldiers, winner of the National Book Award, and Bear and His Daughter, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His memoir, Prime Green, was published in 2007.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Bear and His Daughter: Stories; Mariner Books
• Author: Robert Stone
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998
• ISBN: 0395901340, 9780395901342
• Length: 222 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Crime; Fiction / Medical; Fiction / Short Stories (single author); Juvenile Fiction / General