Keywords
Mfa, creative writing, fiction
Abstract
Road Stories is a collection of three novellas that explore the pull, allure, sanctuary, serendipity, and adventure of life on the open road. The novellas examine how for some, the road holds the promise of a new day, an improved life, a better opportunity, or a deeper love; while for others, it is nothing more than an assortment of jumbled blue lines on a map. In Tierra del Fuego, a man takes to the road to figure out how to deal with the grief and sense of betrayal he feels following the death of his wife. Lake of the Falls involves a decades-long dispute between a father and son who take to the road and come to realize that home is not always where you live. In Back on the Road, three recent college graduates set off on a road trip inspired by Kerouac's On the Road to celebrate the end of their college years and lament the imminent approach of adulthood, only to learn that their lives are soon going to take vastly different paths.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2015
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Rushin, Pat
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
English
Degree Program
Creative Writing
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0005670
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0005670
Language
English
Release Date
May 2020
Length of Campus-only Access
5 years
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Mindar, Louis, "Road Stories" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1288.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/1288