Date of Award
2011
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
The following manuscript is a collection of eight short stories that center on the theme of how stories and storytelling, in all their different forms, fill our lives. In one story a girl that lives in other people's houses, longs to tell her story, while in another story a girl struggles with a secret her grandmother leaves behind as she tries to reconstruct her grandmother's story. Some stories use magical and fairy tale-like elements, which work as allusions in the stories and echo the events happening in characters' lives. Another theme present in the collection is that of family and how familial relationships affect identity and self-discovery. In one story, a wildfire allows the stories of different generations to be told, while a widow builds a family out of the aftermath of her husband's death in a different story.
Extent
v, 202 p.
Recommended Citation
Mecom, Khristian., "We once lived in caves and other stories" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 429.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/429
Identifier
FADT3360618
Comments
by Khristian Mecom.|Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011.|Includes bibliography.|Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web. FboU|by Khristian Mecom.