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Bezig met laden... In the Walled City: Storiesdoor Stewart O'Nan
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. 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/ 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. 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. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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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 Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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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. ( )