Toward the Sun: The Collected Sports Stories of Kent Nelson

These deeply inventive, mysterious sports stories (which are about far more than sport) will electrify readers of literary fiction nationwide. Toward The Sun includes sports of every variety, each a vehicle for plumbing the depths of human nature. A skiing story is also about reinvention of the self and the slipperiness of identity. A basketball story shows a father’s hopelessly frayed bond with his son, and his tenuous connection to life. A golf story is about love and sex and trust. A squash story is about aging and infidelity and secrets. And the title story of the collection is the most unforgettable running story ever written, in which a man runs with an animal nature – and perhaps becomes the animal.These thirteen stories are ethereal, radiant, and exquisitely written. They are sure to garner both critical acclaim and a voracious reading audience.