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Title: Best of the South: From Ten Years of New Stories from the South by Anne Tyler, Shannon Ravenel ISBN: 1-56512-128-7 Publisher: Algonquin Books Pub. Date: April, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Collection in Years
Comment: The very first story in the collection by Leon Driskell was delicious and perfect. As I read on I could not believe that, one after another, the choices that make this book are equal to the first one. As a regular reader of the Houghton-Mifflin Best American Short Stories annual, I have come to accept that what makes a great collection is a great editor. If you want to see what I mean, look at Anne Beattie's volume, or John Updike's, or John Gardner's; these editors know what makes a story great. The same is true of Anne Tyler, and in each of these stories we see what makes her writing remarkable: development of engaging characters. The primary focus in all of these stories is on character, but you will also find that these stories appeal to us on a human interest level and as lovers of writing. If you are interested in reading and/or writing good fiction, this is a book to read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Short Stories at their best
Comment: This is the best collection of short stories I've read in recent memory. Two favorites are "The Birds for Christmas," by Mark Richard and "The Rain of Terror" by Frank Manley, but almost all typify the finest in short story writing today.
Rating: 5
Summary: Every story is a gem
Comment: I love this book and I find myself dipping back into it over and over for some favorites ("Charlotte" by Tony Earley is a classic). I took the book on my honeymoon and it is part of the reason why I remember that as such a wonderful time. There really is something here for everybody: memorable characters, quiet and not-so-quiet human drama, and -- that gorgeous language! A must-have for fans of Southern fiction.
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Title: New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2002 (New Stories from the South) by Shannon Ravenel, Larry Brown ISBN: 1565123751 Publisher: Algonquin Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2003 (New Stories from the South) by Shannon Ravenel, Roy Blount ISBN: 1565123956 Publisher: Algonquin Books Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Growing Up in the South: An Anthology of Modern Southern Literature by Suzanne W. Jones ISBN: 0451628330 Publisher: Mentor Books Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: A Curtain of Green: and Other Stories by Eudora Welty ISBN: 0156234920 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: October, 1979 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Portable Faulkner by Malcolm Cowley, William Faulkner ISBN: 014243728X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 25 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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