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Title: The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine Anne Porter ISBN: 0-15-618876-7 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: September, 1979 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.22 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A buffet of words
Comment: Have you ever gone to an all-you-can-eat buffet and overdone it? Then left feeling stuffed but satisfied? This collection of the works of KAP is sort of like that-- you can really binge because there are so many stories, and they're all of high quality. You just want to fill your plate and "eat too much."
But you should really slow down, read some again and again. Maria Concepcion is a great tale of revenge and betrayal; "Virgin Violeta" a coming of age type story... "The Martyr" story about a famous painter (Diego Rivera type) who is in love..."Magic," "Rope," "He," "Theft"-- all of these are powerful looks into human relationships and are so well done that you really feel that you know the people that Porter describes.
Read it slowly, go back and savor the spices & intricate details of every story.
Rating: 4
Summary: Impressive Short Stories
Comment: One of the reasons that I usually avoid short stories is because of the tidiness for which short story authors seem to strive. Katherine Anne Porter's stories are not cute. They are not clean. And they are not contrived. Rather, she allows her stories to live in a more sincere world, where life continues past the last page of a story and resolutions of the characters' maladies come after "The End," if ever.
This sincerity is the charm of her work. While much of what is written is sullen and brazen, Ms. Porter's communication to us is that there is life to be found before, during, and after the climax- and we must steer clear of false resolution or find no resolution at all.
Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting view into the mind of a writer
Comment: One of the most interesting aspects of this collection of Katherine Anne Porter's works is that it allows the reader to witness the matureation of her writing style. The small and often personal actions and thoughts of her characters drive these stories (instead of plot). The intimacy, and insight she writes with oftens reminds me of Emily Dickenson. They both have the ability to show how individual events, or moments can profoundly effect a person. Porter's word play is often sharp, and very carefully chosen. A reader who isn't paying close attention to what she's saying can miss important themes within the stories. The Pale Horse, pale rider section was my favorite part of the book. Porter's style comes to life in the extended format of these stories. If your not up to going through this whole book, then I'd recomend picking up Pale Horse, Pale Rider by itself.
overall I would definitely recomend this book though.
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Title: The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor ISBN: 0374515360 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1971 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty by Eudora Welty ISBN: 0156189216 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: February, 1982 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever ISBN: 0375724427 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 16 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford by Jean Stafford ISBN: 029271145X Publisher: Univ of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1992 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter ISBN: 0316713902 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 30 May, 1984 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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