"Novelle." . . "North Carolina" . . "North Carolina." . "LITERARY CRITICISM American General." . . "Birthmothers." . . "Birthmothers North Carolina Fiction." . . "Gay men North Carolina Fiction." . . "Missing persons Fiction." . . . . . . . . . . . "Local souls : novellas" . "Local souls : novellas"@en . "Local Souls : novellas" . . . . . . "Presents three novellas set in North Carolina, about a woman seeking the child she gave up for adoption, a high school valedictorian who disappears during a trip to Africa, and two married men whose friendship shifts toward desire."@en . . "Returning to his mythological Falls, North Carolina home of Widow, the author presents three novellas set in today's South, a place revolutionized around freer sexuality, looser family ties and superior telecommunications." . "Short stories" . "Local Souls" . "Local Souls"@en . . "Ceux qui restent" . . . "In his first work of fiction in a decade, Allan Gurganus returns to the mythic site of his immortal novel Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. Time has passed; the Internet has arrived; but the daily human dramas in Falls, North Carolina prove that old habits die hard. A banker's daughter seeks the child she was forced to relinquish at birth ... The disappearance of a star high school student sends ripples through the town, creating a cult led by her stricken mother ... The friendship between two married men is tested by a devastating flood.>"@en . . . "Local souls"@en . . . . "In his first work of fiction in a decade, Allan Gurganus returns to the mythic site of his immortal novel Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. Time has passed; the Internet has arrived; but the daily human dramas in Falls, North Carolina prove that old habits die hard. A banker's daughter seeks the child she was forced to relinquish at birth ...The disappearance of a star high school student sends ripples through the town, creating a cult led by her stricken mother ...The friendship between two married men is tested by a devastating flood. Local Souls is a universal tale of gigantic hopes battling small-town conventions - a dark comedy of adultery, obsession and incest, told with affection and piercing insight." . . . . . . . . . . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . . . . . . . "Electronic books" . "Electronic books"@en . "Missing persons." . . "Gay men." . . "Amerikanisches Englisch." . . "Caroline du Nord (États-Unis)" . .