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Benedict Thielen was an American writer. The son of German immigrants, Thielen's fiction interrogated the nature of modern urban lives and the human condition of the twentieth century.
Thielen's books included Deep Streets, Women in the Sun, and Stevie, and his short fiction appeared in Harper's Bazaar, London Murcury, Scribner's, Town and Country, Esquire, and Yale Review.
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A retired army officer immerses himself in creating an honorary parade for the world war that ended over a decade prior. In his obsessions with recognizing the past, his present relationship with his family becomes strained.
A nameless soul is stranded on an unknown shore, watching the countless soldiers of wars long past go about their nightly activities.
Two young individuals on their honeymoon stop at a gas station in an Indian reservation to buy souvenirs and eat lunch. To the great embarrassment of his wife, the husband spends the entirety of their stop mocking the Native Americans who live there.
A psychologist and his longtime companion must decide on a vacation destination, overcoming the tensions between them in the process.
A young married woman asks about her older husband's past relationship with a nurse during the war.