Robert Stone (1937–2015) was born in Brooklyn. The child of a schizophrenic mother, he spent several years in a Catholic orphanage, finally dropping out of high school to become a navy journalist. Later he studied with Wallace Stegner at Stanford University and traveled with Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters. He is the author of a short story collection and of numerous brilliant novels, including A Hall of Mirrors, which won the Faulkner Foundation Award; Dog Soldiers, winner of the National Book Award; and Death of the Black-Haired Girl.

Honeymoon

“Honeymoon” (00:30 preview)

Emotionally hollowed after a failed marriage, Robert Stone’s protagonist seeks solace in the beauty of a young bride in “Honeymoon,” a short story presented by the author at Narrative Night in San Francisco, March 12, 2009.


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