Bush Pigs A Short Story eBook Richard Dooling
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Originally published in the New Yorker, this harrowing tale of reverse culture shock is a cult favorite among expats who wander abroad and are unprepared for the shock that awaits them upon return to the first world.
After three years in the bush, a Peace Corps Volunteer is evacuated from war-torn Sierra Leone and sent home to Omaha, Nebraska, where he attempts to celebrate his return in a steak house. What happens next is called reverse culture shock. G.K. Chesterton put it this way "The whole object of traveling abroad is not to set foot on foreign land; it is to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land when one returns."
By Richard Dooling, author of White Man's Grave, a novel.
Bush Pigs A Short Story eBook Richard Dooling
This short story is beautifully written. It is poetic prose at its best with vivid imagery, striking observation, and an impressively well crafted story line. I highly recommend this text, and think every American, especially those who have never lived in a third world country, can benefit from reading it.. It reminded me very much a being a child living in the slums of Brazil and the intense shock I felt upon coming to America and seeing and experiencing such abundance.Product details
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Bush Pigs A Short Story eBook Richard Dooling Reviews
Read this two decades ago when it first came out in Harper's (I think). Still good, brilliant story idea -- though I kept wondering what happened to the character's local maid/girlfriend, whether she escaped the advancing rebel army. Apparently he didn't wonder about it, he only mentions her in one sentence. Though he devotes a lot of scathing attention to his American girlfriend, her Prozac and her dog salon. Those frivolous Western females!
A finely honed short story, very enjoyable to read. Reverse culture shock in the extreme. It made me look for more Richard Dooling stories.
I heard Bush Pigs narrated on PBS radio back in perhaps 2003, I think. I was captivated by the verbal narrative and to read the short story some 9 years later it really came back to life for me.
Congratulations. You have stumbled upon Richard Dooling's Bush Pigs, the story of a young man's hallucinatory reintroduction to American life after three years in West Africa. Food plays a large part in this story, so you can consider it an inventive and flavorful h'ordeuvre for this author's more substantial entrees. Bon appetit.
I have experienced re-entry issues and am relieved that so far, have never had a meltdown this big! A good read. I like his writing style and will be looking up his books.
This short story is beautifully written. It is poetic prose at its best with vivid imagery, striking observation, and an impressively well crafted story line. I highly recommend this text, and think every American, especially those who have never lived in a third world country, can benefit from reading it.. It reminded me very much a being a child living in the slums of Brazil and the intense shock I felt upon coming to America and seeing and experiencing such abundance.
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