I-96: Short Stories, (Paperback)

Like cars snaking down the interstate, Judith Roof's <i>I-96</i> offers a contemporary collection of singular yet connected short stories fueled by America's lifeblood: individualism and gasoline. <p>Roof's incendiary wit and sly commentary poke at the "-isms" driving our collective road rage . . . regional and political stereotypes, gender and sexual anxieties, parenting and policing, anti-intellectualism and aging, and the being and nothingness that comprise the human condition. </p><p>In the vein of Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Franz Kafka, Jean Shepherd, and others, just when the protagonists let off the gas, a twist in the route sparks chaos and collision, with others as well as ourselves. </p><p><i>I-96</i> unfolds traditional literary maps to travel new paths - trapping its characters and readers alike in moving vehicles on this never-ending highway - ever isolated but also refusing the share the road.</p>

• I-96: Short Stories, (Paperback)
• Author: Swanhorse Press
• ISBN: 9781949512328
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-01-31
• Page Count: 176