The author of nine works of fiction, Andre Dubus received the PEN/Malamud Award, the Rea Award for excellence in short fiction, the Jean Stein Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, The Boston Globe's first annual Lawrence L. Winship Award, and fellowships from both the Guggenheim and MacArthur foundations. Until his death in 1999, he lived in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

A Vintage Shorts "Short Story Month" Selection

The colonel had served in two wars with the Marines, without being injured. Then, at home, he breaks both legs falling off a horse, and learns that his knees will never fully recover. Together with his wife, he will have to relearn everything, all over again.
"The Colonel's Wife" is the moving story of a man and his wife, the woman for whom, when he met her for the first time, he felt "that he was looking at the sun without burning his eyes." A story of peace after war and the continued drama of real life. From Andre Dubus's masterful and compassionate collection Dancing After Hours, a New York Times Notable Book.
An eBook short.