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David was born in 1954 in the United States.
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The Island
https://www.amazon.com/Island-David-Borofka-ebook/dp/B002ZCYA52/?tag=2022091-20
Hints of His Mortality
https://www.amazon.com/Hints-His-Mortality-David-Borofka/dp/0877455570/?tag=2022091-20
David Borofka
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In 1996 David wrote Hints of His Mortality. A reviewer for Publishers Weekly called Hints of His Mortality an “accomplished collection,” remarking that even though “Borofka’s writing is sometimes prissy and inert... the intensity of his stories is almost palpable.” Library Journal contributor Christine DeZelar-Tiedman commented that Borofka’s “clear prose often sparkles with unexpected metaphor and insight.” Elizabeth Gaffney of the New York Times Book Review praised Borofka for “the deftness, subtlety, and humor with which he makes... many bedeviled lives cohere in a single vision.” Gaffney also enthused that the collection’s “narrative power ... rivals a swiftly plotted novel.”
In 1907 Borofks wrote his work The Island. A reviewer in Publishers Weekly added that “Borofka’s vivid, humble word-pictures ... resonate and linger in the reader’s mind.” In Booklist, Nancy Pearl complained that the novel is poorly structured. To her, it almost seemed that Borofka “had stitched together some of his short stories.” She did, however, conclude that the characters are well-drawn, and the writing “frequently lyrical.”
He is a professor of composition, literature and creative writing at Reedley College.
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David Borofka is known as the author of two famous books: Hints of His Mortality, a 1996 collection of short stories, and The Island, a 1997 novel. All fourteen stories in the 1996 volume examine the consequences of failure in men’s lives. He also writes short fiction, that has appeared in Image, Southern Review, Manoa, and Glimmer Train.
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American
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1996
Awards
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Missouri Review’s Editors’ Prize, Carolina Quarterly’s Charles B. Wood Award for Distinguished Writing, United States
Borofka has won the Missouri Review’s Editors’ Prize, Carolina Quarterly’s Charles B. Wood Award for Distinguished Writing.Borofka has won the Missouri Review’s Editors’ Prize, Carolina Quarterly’s Charles B. Wood Award for Distinguished Writing.