Why men are afraid of women : stories

163 Pages·2013·5.43 MB·English

by  François Camoin

Why Men Are Afraid of Women
Winner of
THE FLANNERY O'CONNOR AWARD
FOR SHORT FICTION
Why Men Are
Afraid of Women
Stories by Francois Camoin
The University of Georgia Press
Athens
Paperback edition published in 2013 by
The University of Georgia Press
Athens, Georgia 30602
www.ugapress.org
© 1984 by Francois Camoin
All rights reserved
Set in Linotron 202 Baskerville
Printed digitally in the United States of America
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover
edition of this book as follows:
Camoin, Francois Andre, 1939™
Why men are afraid of women : stories / by Francois Camoin.
149 p. ; 23 cm.—(The Flannery O'Connor award for short fiction)
Contents: Miami—It could happen—Peacock blue—[etc.]
I. Title. II. Series.
PS3553.A437W48 1984 8i3*.54 84-1374
ISBN 0-8203-072 2-x (alk. paper)
Paperback iSBN-13: 978-0-8203-4462-1
ISBN-IO: 0-8203-4462-1
ISBN for digital edition: 978-0-8203-4589-5
Acknowledgments
The author and the publisher gratefully acknowledge
the magazines in which stories in this volume first
appeared.
The Black Warrior Review: "Cheerful Wisdom"
The Georgia Review: "It Could Happen"
Mid-American Review: "La Vida"
Mississippi Review: "Miami"
Missouri Review: "A Hunk of Burning Love"
Nimrod: "Sometimes the Wrong Thing Is the Right
Thing"
Quarterly West: "The Amelia Barons"
Utah Holiday: "Peacock Blue"
Vanderbilt Review (Texas): "Home Is the Blue Moon
Cafe"
Western Humanities Review: "Diehl: The Wandering
Years" and "A Special Case"
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For my sisters
DANIELE DOCTOROW
SUZANNE DOCTOROW MCDOUGALL
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Contents
Miami i
It Could Happen 14
Peacock Blue 40
Diehl: The Wandering Years 51
A Special Case 67
Home Is the Blue Moon Cafe 79
The Amelia Barons 92
A Hunk of Burning Love 105
La Vida 115
Cheerful Wisdom 129
Sometimes the Wrong Thing Is the Right Thing 138