13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
 Some might enjoy only half of this book: The first half of the book is a philosophical/intellectual discussion of different aspects of a novel (point of view, plot, story type, etc) along with some historical consideration of how the "novel" [... more]
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Ordinary Love and Good Will
Thought-provoking and enjoyable: An interesting conjoining of two very different stories. I read them in order, starting with "Ordinary Love" and then moving on to "Good Will." At the end, I found myself wondering what links the two [... more]
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Moo
Amazon.com Review: The hallowed halls of Moo University, a midwestern agricultural institution (aka "cow college"), are rife with devious plots, mischievous intrigue, lusty liaisons, and academic one-upsmanship. In this wonderfully written and [... more]
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The Greenlanders
Sorry to have finished it: A really good read. This spare and yet rich tale spun out over generations had me longing for a loom and a trencher of dried reindeer meat. As I turned the last page, I ruefully left my paperback time-travel machine and [... more]
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The Best American Short Stories 1995
It must be good if I'm mentioned by name!: My review of this collection is completely biased because of the fact that I appear as a character in one of the short stories. The story is "Hand Jive" by Andrew Cozine and he mentions me by name with [... more]
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Best New American Voices 2006
Nice variety: The stories in this collection deal with a number of varied subjects, but most are well written and interesting. I liked it, because there are some styles that I'd not have read if they were not in a collection. I recommend it for anyone [... more]
$14.00
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The Best American Short Stories 1995 (Best American ...
It must be good if I'm mentioned by name!: My review of this collection is completely biased because of the fact that I appear as a character in one of the short stories. The story is "Hand Jive" by Andrew Cozine and he mentions me by name with [... more]
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Little Women: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Author: Louisa May Alcott Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780143105015 Edition: Deluxe ISBN: 0143105019 Number Of Pages: 528 Publication Date: 2007-10-30 Reading Level: All Ages [... more]
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Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel
Three studies within one cover: This compendium falls into three parts, more or less. The first section offers Smiley's survey of how the novel evolved. Here, she emphasizes the importance of Bocaccio's Decameron and Marguerite de Naverre's Heptameron, [... more]
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A Thousand Acres
Amazon.com Review: Aging Larry Cook announces his intention to turn over his 1,000-acre farm--one of the largest in Zebulon County, Iowa--to his three daughters, Caroline, Ginny and Rose. A man of harsh sensibilities, he carves Caroline out of the deal [... more]
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The Fish Can Sing (Vintage International)
Charming: The charm of this book is in its atmosphere. You get a wonderful feel of early C20 Iceland and the characters that inhabit it, from the old-fashioned fisherman who ignores market economics to the admirer of modern cesspits. The age of the novel, [... more]
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Ten Days in the Hills
Ten Days of Torture: I have stayed with this way too long and been way to patient. I am at 400 pages! I get the satire, but someone shoot me! You want to read good satire? Go back to the 1920's and read Hemingway's Torrents of Spring. Anyway, after [... more]
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