Book review: The posthumous short fiction of Frank Soos represented in 'The Getting Place' is a lasting gift
The principal characters are men and women; young and old; wealthy and poor; saintly and deeply flawed; intimate with classic literature, fly-fishing, car parts, acts of love and acts of betrayal. They resemble people we know or might know, and Soos’ genius lies in taking readers into their complicated lives and troubled souls, sharing what it means to be human.
“Sitting Down to Read ‘Anna Karenina’ Again” takes place in a recognizable Fairbanks, where a woman — a wife and mother — begins to reread the Tolstoy novel and wonders, with the opening line about happy and unhappy families, which kind she lived in. Readers needn’t be familiar with the famous novel about marriage and adultery to appreciate the woman’s restless seeking and the effects of her decisions on others. Still, the references make the story, as troubling as it is, a particular delight.
Among all the stories, each one more resonant than the one before, perhaps the most ambitious is the last, ”The Life of Charlie Winters as Five Disappointments.” This story begins with Charlie, a successful lawyer, falling from a boulder in a river and losing his prized fly-fishing rod. The next five sections carry us through his life’s disappointments, focusing in turn on his son-in-law, daughter, wife, country and self.
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