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In the Walled City: Stories

door Stewart O'Nan

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An award-winning collection of short fiction from one of "the strongest American writers of his generation" (The Washington Post Book World).   Proclaimed "a master" by the New York Times and selected as one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists, Stewart O'Nan started his literary career with this outstanding collection of short stories. Selected as the winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, these twelve stories offer intimate portraits of a broad range of characters--including a ruined farmer, a black day laborer, an old Chinese grocer, and a young policeman who descends into madness after being separated from his family.   Probing and lyrical, these stories illuminate the connections that bind us and the obligations and sorrows of love. From The Speed Queen to The Names of the Dead to West of Sunset, O'Nan has dazzled readers again and again. Fans new and old will enjoy In the Walled City.   "These are stories of a high order, sophisticated, humane, persistent; once read, they don't go away." --Tobias Wolff… (meer)
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This one fell a little flat for me. It wasn't the writing, which was, as O'Nan always is for me, superb. It was the content and the brevity. I wanted more. I get that short stories are supposed to be...well...short, but some of these felt unfinished. I felt that they were just getting into the rhythm of the story when they ended, leaving me feeling slightly off balance. It may be partly my fault, as my mood might have affected how these stories rested with me - I like gritty and real, but these seemed so sad and hopeless. I missed the humor that I have come to expect from him sandwiched in with the bittersweet and the devastating. And I keep wondering why he named the collection after what I felt was the weakest story. Don't get me wrong - there are some gems in here, including Finding Amy, which is where the novel Snow Angels first drew breath.

What O'Nan does so perfectly that keeps me coming back for more is to capture the human experience in moments of brokenness. When we have fallen to our knees or are just about to, what happens next? This is what O'Nan shows us - ordinary moments coinciding with moments of heartbreak and desperation. And it rings true every time. We can identify with it because it is so very human - small moments of our daily lives captured and magnified for introspection. And these stories have that, but they are not of equal quality, making this an uneven collection. Definitely worth the read, but not O'Nan's finest work - I have been spoiled by his novels. ( )
  Crazymamie | Aug 12, 2016 |
The Stewart O'Nan fan club is back in session.
I finally read his short story collection, In the Walled City, and it was exquisite. O'Nan was the winner of the 13th Drue Heinz Literature Prize for this collection of twelve stories.

In the twelve stories, O'Nan's well crafted characters are all average people facing some physical or emotional upheaval or turning point in their lives. For some of his characters there is a glimmer of hope; others face a bleak, tragic future; some are just plodding along, seemingly unaware. They are all searching for a direction and meaning to their lives. Every character was memorable in some way. Every story left me wanting more.
Very Highly Recommended; http://shetreadssoftly.blogspot.com/ ( )
1 stem SheTreadsSoftly | Mar 21, 2016 |
Stewart O'Nan is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. He writes masterfully about everyday people and everyday lives, capturing just the right details to bring his stories to life realistically. He is a prolific writer and this was his first - and, so far, only - collection of short stories.

These twelve stories are gritty and raw, detailing the experience of loss - loss of a job, of a wife, of a child, of a dream, of a place in the world. They are sad and often heart-breaking and like any story collection, some are better than others. The collection got better the farther I got into it. Some standouts:

"The 3rd of July" about a man mourning the loss of his son in Vietnam.

"Calling" about the collapse of family farms and the lengths a man might go to to maintain his pride.

"Finding Amy" about the effect of a missing child on a group of adults (O'Nan's novel Snow Angels seems to have been based, in part, on this story).

"Mr. Wu Thinks" about the immigrant experience and the "American Dream."

"Econoline" about a retired factory worker coming to grips with mortality.

All in all, a very strong collection, and one that makes me even more eager to get to more of O'Nan's books. ( )
1 stem katiekrug | Dec 28, 2012 |
Das Minibuch enhält die vier Erzählungen der Finger, die Versteigerung, die Krankheit des Doktors und der 3. Juli von Stewart O'Nan.
Die einzelnen Geschichten handeln alle von Menschen, die in ihrer Existenz bedroht sind, gefährdet nicht länger in der Lage zu sein ihren Lebensunterhalt zu verdienen. Interessante Einblicke.
  verenka | Jun 26, 2010 |
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An award-winning collection of short fiction from one of "the strongest American writers of his generation" (The Washington Post Book World).   Proclaimed "a master" by the New York Times and selected as one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists, Stewart O'Nan started his literary career with this outstanding collection of short stories. Selected as the winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, these twelve stories offer intimate portraits of a broad range of characters--including a ruined farmer, a black day laborer, an old Chinese grocer, and a young policeman who descends into madness after being separated from his family.   Probing and lyrical, these stories illuminate the connections that bind us and the obligations and sorrows of love. From The Speed Queen to The Names of the Dead to West of Sunset, O'Nan has dazzled readers again and again. Fans new and old will enjoy In the Walled City.   "These are stories of a high order, sophisticated, humane, persistent; once read, they don't go away." --Tobias Wolff

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