The Good Doctor (John Simmons Short Fiction Award) by Susan Onthank Mates
English | Nov. 1994 | ISBN: 0877454671 | 140 Pages | PDF | 9 MB
Many of Mates' characters have experienced some sort of cultural dislocation. In "Theng," refugees from Cambodia living in Providence, Rhode Island, struggle to maintain their dignity in the face of despair and the bittersweet memories of their former home. In "Shambalileh, " a Persian woman unable to have children with her American husband, is forced to reexamine her status both as wife and as foreigner.