Winter Money - Andy Plattner

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Résumé :
The ten stories in Winter Money are set in rural Kentucky and West Virginia, in dim horse racing and river towns. The men in Andy Plattner's stories are tough and uncertain, the women independent and disappointed, but they are strong-willed and high-spirited, always believing there's a better life, just over the horizon, after the next race. The title story depicts the life of a jockey agent who has seen some bad breaks but knows in his heart he can turn things around if he can just get some winter money to make a fresh start in Florida. In Chandelier, a bankrupt horse breeder risks everything again in an attempt to save a friend's farm. Eldorado is the story of a young horse groom convinced an old car will be good luck for him, even though it could break down over the next hill.

Biographie:
The short fiction of Lexington, Kentucky-born Andy Plattner has appeared in Paris Review, Southern Review, Sewanee Review, and Epoch. His second story collection, A Marriage of Convenience, was published in 2011. Plattner's novel Offerings from a Rust Belt Jockey won the inaugural Mid-Career Novel Award from Dzanc Press. He lives in Atlanta....

Sommaire:
The short fiction of Lexington, Kentucky-born Andy Plattner has appeared in Paris Review, Southern Review, Sewanee Review, and Epoch. His second story collection, A Marriage of Convenience, was published in 2011. Plattner's novel Offerings from a Rust Belt Jockey won the inaugural Mid-Career Novel Award from Dzanc Press. He lives in Atlanta....