Date of Award
Summer 8-2011
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.F.A.
Degree Program
Film, Theatre & Communication Arts - Low Residency Creative Writing concentration;
Department
Film, Theatre, and Communication Arts
Major Professor
Boyden, Amanda
Second Advisor
Boyden, Joseph
Third Advisor
Lavender, William
Abstract
A novel about a man injured while working on an oilrig in the Gulf of Mexico, set primarily in Louisiana, Nevada, and California. While recovering from his injury, the protagonist is contacted by his dead brother’s daughter—a person whom he did not know existed—and he journeys to San Francisco in search of her.
Recommended Citation
Horack, Bruce, "Grand Isle" (2011). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 820.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/820
Rights
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