Bumping Author:Tony Bianchi A collection of three interweaving stories, each presenting a character whose obsessions and attachments become magnified through chance encounters, leading to unforeseen and ultimately catastrophic results. The `bumping' of the title conveys something of these random processes. The themes include relationships with home and place, male preoccup... more »ation with mechanisms and systems, moral evasion, and the tyranny of random events.« less