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Title: Selected Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) by Andre Dubus ISBN: 0-679-76730-4 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 January, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Dubus is THE storyteller of our time
Comment: Not to dismiss acknowledged contemporary story writers like Updike, or Carver, or Doyle or Oates or a dozen others you may have read in school or out, Andre Dubus is BREATHTAKING! He captures the angst of the internal, the behavior of the external, the glint of the physical detail, the subtlety of emotion like NO other contemporary writer. After reading hundreds of short story writers, I have never been so moved and learned so much about he human heart. Put down your DSM-IV, therapists, put away the existential tracts of Camus & Sartre, and PLEASE put away that post-modern numbing theory. Learn about life through the characters, places and situations you shall discover among these brilliant tales. Now, here is a true anecdote. I had read a story in this collection "Killings," and said to myself, this would make a FABULOUS film. I was all set to translate fiction to the screenplay genre. It was going to be a stunning work no studio would turn down. Then low and behold, it was all in vain. This story became "IN THE BEDROOM," the award-winning film. So obviously, my intuitions were confirmed. Read these stories for confirmation of what it means to be alive, for here you will discover the principle behind Joseoph Campbell's remarks about the meaning of myth: "Life is struggle; life is pain, but by God, you know you're ALIVE!
Rating: 5
Summary: How I discovered Andre Dubus
Comment: I was 17 and a senior in high school when I came across an article in the paper about a series of benefit readings that were being held to raise money to pay for the medical bills for Andre Dubus. I called a number and got a schedule, and then agonized over which Saturday reading I would attend - should I go to hear Kurt Vonnegut and E.L. Doctorow or John Irving and Stephen King? I ended up choosing the latter (mainly because I had a crush on John Irving!)
In the weeks leading up to the reading, I thought it might be a good idea to find out more about this Andre Dubus, so I went to the bookstore and bought Adultery and Other Choices. I was astonished. I immediately borrowed every Andre Dubus book that was available at the library and devoured every word. I'm a New Englander and was raised in the Catholic church, and I related to Mr. Dubus' stories.
At the reading that Saturday, I had the honor of meeting Mr. Dubus. He was in a hospital bed, and was obviously still suffering from the accident, but he was smiling and seemed to be a little surprised at the size of the crowd. He was gracious when I thanked him for his stories. It makes me sad that there will be no new Andre Dubus stories, but I am so grateful for the ones he gave us while he was here, all too briefly.
Rating: 5
Summary: Short stories at their best.
Comment: I return to Andre Dubus whenever I get hungry for a really good short story. However, after recently experiencing a Matt Fowler's revenge in the movie, "In the Bedroom," I revisited this 1996 collection of short stories. That movie is based on one of the twenty-three, stunning stories collected here, "Killings." Novelist Barbara Kingsolver has said that "a good short story cannot simply be Lit Lite." Rather, "it is the successful execution of large truths delivered in tight spaces." Confronting issues including a bereaved father's revenge ("Killings"), abortion ("Miranda over the Valley"), difficult relationships ("Adultery," "The Winter Father," "Voices from the Moon," "The Pretty Girl," "The Pitcher," "Leslie in California"), religion ("If They Knew Yvonne"), obesity ("The Fat Girl"), fatherhood ("A Father's Story"), rape ("The Curse"), sexuality and death, Dubus triumphs in delivering profound truths in these "tight spaces." You won't find happily-ever-after endings here. Rather, these are emotionally compelling stories that feel too real to be fiction. And they will leave you coming back for more.
G. Merritt
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Title: Dancing After Hours: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) by Andre Dubus ISBN: 0679751149 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Broken Vessels by Andre Dubus ISBN: 0879239484 Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher Pub. Date: 01 August, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Meditations from a Movable Chair: Essays (Vintage Contemporaries (Paperback)) by Andre Dubus ISBN: 0679751157 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Finding a Girl in America: A Novella and Ten Short Stories by Andre Dubus ISBN: 0879233931 Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher Pub. Date: 01 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Adultery & Other Choices by Andre Dubus ISBN: 0879232846 Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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