Great (Overlooked) Books -- A Symposium Nov 5, 2009
And surprisingly, when we read Hemingway s In Our Time, an interrelated collection of stories and sketches, the influence of Winesburg, Ohio is obvious, as Hemingway years later admitted to Archibald Macleish. The Torrents of Spring had been Hemingway s declaration of independence from Anderson and also a contract breaker with Liveright so that he could move to Scribner s and Maxwell Perkins, the great editor, for his next book, The Sun Also Rises. (The American Conservative)
* Softcover: UK: A fathers suicide turned into fiction Oct 25, 2009
The second thing you need to know is that this is a collection of stories and not a single narrative. There are several incongruities in the way the UK edition of Legend of a Suicide has been published X packaged between whimsical covers that present Vanns jagged, desperate act of existential mastery as if it were a flight of magical realism, describing his howl in the dark as a tender story of loss, survival and disillusioned love. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Camille Paglia Oct 23, 2009
I do not remember the particulars, but McCarthy herself mentions her sexual escapades in her collection of stories of the same name, as well as her autobiography "How I Grew.". In any case, I do not think McCarthy would have characterized herself as a feminist. (Salon)
First-time author floats boat May 19, 2009
Announcing the award, the Premier, Nathan Rees, said The Boat was "a collection of stories that cross national and cultural borders and allows the reader to experience the world from a wide range of viewpoints and voices". Le, a former corporate lawyer, said the short-story form had given him a sense of freedom after grappling with a novel. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers March 22 / Mar 23, 2009
95): A collection of stories, set on a Pakistani estate; by the New Yorker contributor. 7. (San Francisco Chronicle)
