Background
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he grew up in Christiansburg, Virginia.
(Bear V. Shark BEAR V. SHARK By Bachelder, Chris ( Author ...)
Bear V. Shark BEAR V. SHARK By Bachelder, Chris ( Author )Oct-29-2002 Paperback
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( A quiet tour de force, Chris Bachelder's Abbott Awaits ...)
A quiet tour de force, Chris Bachelder's Abbott Awaits transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary, startlingly depicting the intense and poignant challenges of a vulnerable, imaginative father as he lives his everyday American existence. In Abbott we see a modern-day Sisyphus: he is the exhausted father of a lively two-year old, the ruminative husband of a pregnant insomniac, and the confused owner of a terrified dog. Confronted by a flooded basement, a broken refrigerator, a urine-soaked carpet, and a literal snake in the woodpile, Abbott endures the beauty and hopelessness of each moment, often while contemplating evolutionary history, altruism, or the passage of time. An expectant father and university teacher on summer break, Abbott tackles the agonizing chores of each day, laboring for peace in his household and struggling to keep his daughter clean and happy, all while staving off a fear of failure as a parent, and even as a human being. As he cleans car seats, forgets to apply sun block, clips his dog's nails, dresses his daughter out of season, and makes unsuccessful furniture-buying trips with his wife, his mind plays out an unrelenting series of paradoxical reflections. Abbott's pensive self-doubt comes to a head one day in late June as he cleans vomited raspberries out of his daughter's car seat and realizes: "The following propositions are both true: (A) Abbott would not, given the opportunity, change one significant element of his life, but (B) Abbott cannot stand his life." Composed of small moments of domestic wonder and terror, Abbott Awaits is a charming story of misadventure, anxiety, and the everyday battles and triumphs of parenthood.
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(Given a relatively level playing field -- i.e., water dee...)
Given a relatively level playing field -- i.e., water deep enough so that a shark could maneuver proficiently but shallow enough so that a bear could stand and operate with its characteristic dexterity -- who would win in a fight between a bear and a shark? In this fiercely funny, razor-sharp satire of our media-saturated culture, the sovereign nation of Las Vegas is host to Bear v. Shark II. After a disappointing loss in the first computer-generated match-up, the bear is out for blood. With an essay entitled "Bear v. Shark: A Reason to Live," young Curtis Norman wins a national contest and four tickets to the sold-out event. As the Normans head cross-country in their SUV, they encounter a dizzying barrage of voices weighing in on the upcoming spectacle -- everyone from the Freudians, theologians, pundits, and self-published authors on the radio to the bear and shark fanatics, cultists, and resisters at pit stops along the way. Overwhelmed by factoids and ten-second debates, Mr. Norman grows ambivalent about the impending event and the family with whom he can't seem to connect. Still, the Normans push on to Vegas, toward an apocalyptic, surprisingly emotional ending.
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Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he grew up in Christiansburg, Virginia.
He attended Virginia Technical (Bachelor, 1992) and the University of Florida at Gainesville (Master of Fine Arts, 2002).
Bachelder has taught fiction writing and literature courses at Colorado College (Assistant Professor), North Carolina Governor"s School West, New Mexico State University (Visiting Professor), and The University of Massachusetts Amherst Master of Fine Arts Program for Poets & Writers, along with Sabina Murray, Noy Holland and Anthony Giardina. He currently teaches at the University of Cincinnati (Associate Professor). Bachelder"s e-book, Lessons in Virtual Tour Photography, was McSweeney"s first career-development e-book
By 2004, more than 45,000 people had downloaded the novel.
His most recent novel, The Throwback Special, was published by West.W. Norton and Company in March 2016.
( A quiet tour de force, Chris Bachelder's Abbott Awaits ...)
(Given a relatively level playing field -- i.e., water dee...)
(Bear V. Shark BEAR V. SHARK By Bachelder, Chris ( Author ...)
