2024 the best american short stories of the century review
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Fourteen short works of fiction by noteworthy American women authors offer entrancing tales of redemption, betrayal, tradition, and rebellion. Dating from the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries, these narratives range in mood from "Heat," Joyce Carol Oates's chilling tale of murder, to "Why I Live at the P.O.," Eudora Welty's comic monologue in the Southern Gothic tradition.
Other contributors include Flannery O'Connor, Kate Chopin, and Edna Ferber as well as lesser-known, newly rediscovered writers. Edith Wharton examines the issue of divorce and remarriage in "The Other Two," and Willa Cather explores life among Greenwich Village artists at the turn of the twentieth century in "Coming, Aphrodite!" Stories with modern settings include Alice Walker's "Everyday Use," an insightful look at the role of heritage in African-American culture, and Louise Erdrich's "The Shawl," a meditation on memory and the transformation of old stories into new ones. Together, the tales offer a revealing panorama of perspectives on women's ongoing struggles for dignity and self-sufficiency.
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Publisher : Dover Publications (February 20, 2014)
Language : English
Paperback : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 0486499944
ISBN-13 : 978-0486499949
Item Weight : 6.1 ounces
Dimensions : 5.04 x 0.59 x 8.07 inches
Reviewer: Frank
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This is a wonderful collection of classic short stories.
Review: A great collection of stories. While I was familiar with just about all of the authors, most stories except for maybe one or two were new to me and I majored in English a million years ago when it was still pretty much a respectable major though it has now become as Scott Adams called the major âa prerequisite for unemploymentâ. These are all well-written, compelling, each with its own unique style. It was great fun reading. I unreservedly recommend the book for all lovers of the âwell turned phraseâ.
Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Start for Our Book Club!
Review: Weâve just started this book with our weekly book club. We read and discuss one story each week and are having lively discussions!
Reviewer: JoArt
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Women Authored Stories
Review: It was a bit too out of date to related to some of the stories. Then on the other hand some stories told of how suppressed women were in not so distant past. The book had a script that was difficult to read because the light printing of the pages.
Reviewer: Francine Schauer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Interesting stories in relation to time in which they were written
Review: It was for a short story book club. Everyone expressed there enjoyment of the stories we have read.
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Received as advertised - Great Bargain
Review: Needed for a class at school
Reviewer: Amanda Jenkinson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A great little anthology
Review: This new anthology of 14 stories by acclaimed American women authors follows on from an earlier volume from the same publisher entitled Great Short Stories by American Women. This new collection has stories from famous names such as Edith Wharton and Alice Walker, but also offers one from the now little remembered Constance Fenimore Wilson, a great friend of Henry James, and the virtually unknown Mary E Wilkins Freeman. So thereâs much variety of style and subject matter to be enjoyed here, and as each one comes with a short biographical note, the book provides a very interesting selection of women's writings from the 19th to the 21st century.
Reviewer: Brooklyn Gal
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Wonderful stories; tiny print!
Review: My headline pretty much says it. Was surprised by how small the print is. But the collection is a good one, with engaging stories by both new-to-me and favorite authors.
Reviewer: Veronica Monserrat
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The stories in this book are boring. Also
Review: The stories in this book are boring. Also, their vocabulary is somehow hard to understand. I had to read them for an English class.