The Perishing
Date Issued
May 1, 2017
Author(s)
Advisor(s)
Margaret Lazarus Dean
Additional Advisor(s)
Christopher Hebert
William Hardwig
Mark Hulsether
Micheal Knight
Abstract
The Perishing is a novel set in 1980s-2000s southern Appalachia that explores the relationships between religious faith, family, trauma, and opiate addiction. It chronicles nearly thirty years in the life of the Brass family through family members’ narratives in order to present an overall picture of the family’s struggles through time. Central to the novel is the question: How do the things that go unsaid in a family—the secrets, the unsayable—affect the family dynamic?
Disciplines
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Major
English
Embargo Date
May 15, 2020
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