In its first story, Adolph Myers flees Pennsylvania after his students accuse him of molesting them with his overactive hands, and changes his name to Wing Biddlebaum.
This book presents the image of two "human atoms" holding each other tightly, each thinking: "I have come to this lonely place and here is this other." A character in this book brings a lamb to the woods with the intention of burning it to receive a message from God, but after he pulls out the knife, his grandson panics and knocks him out by throwing a stone at his forehead. A character in this book entrusts a boy with the secret of human life, namely "that everyone in the world is Christ and they are all crucified." In its first section, a (*) writer lies in bed watching all the people he has ever known pass before his eyes, and decides to record their memories in a "Book of the Grotesque." In its first story, Adolph Myers flees Pennsylvania after his students accuse him of molesting them with his overactive hands, and changes his name to Wing Biddlebaum. For 10 points, name this set of linked stories about the small town upbringing of George Willard, by Sherwood Anderson.
This book presents the image of two "human atoms" holding each other tightly, each thinking: "I have come to this lonely place and here is this other."
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