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Ladataan... McSweeney's Issue 70 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern)Tekijä: Dave Eggers
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Another beautiful cover for a collection of stories that sometimes connect and sometimes disappoint. I liked Francisco González's story, "Serranos," about a trailer park occupied by undocumented farm workers that come into conflict with a new group of undocumented restaurant workers. Provided a view of a community not often depicted. I also admired Lisa Hsiao Chen's memory story of the narrator's time as a personal assistant for a young celebrity pianist. It nicely showed the blurring of work and friendship, along with a poignant comparison of this with the film, "Solaris." I really could have done without several of the stories, particularly Edward Gauvin's long, exhausting exploration of pen names and invented identities. näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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This April, three-time National Magazine Award-winning McSweeney's Quarterly returns with its 70th edition, a paperback with a special die-cut cover design with French flaps. Inside you'll find brilliant fiction--and two essays--from places near and far, including Patrick Cottrell's story about a surprisingly indelible Denver bar experience; poignant, previously untranslated fiction from beloved Danish writer Tove Ditlevsen; Argentine writer Olivia Gallo's English language debut about rampaging urban clowns; the rise and fall of an unusual family of undocumented workers in rural California by Francisco González; and Indian writer Amit Chaudhuri's sojourn to the childhood home of Brooklyn native Neil Diamond. Readers will be sure to delight in Guggenheim recipient Edward Gauvin's novella-length memoir-of-sorts in the form of contributors' notes, absorbing short stories about a celebrated pianist (Lisa Hsiao Chen) and a reclusive science-fiction novelist (Eugene Lim), flash fiction by Véronique Darwin and Kevin Hyde, and a suite of thirty-six very short stories by the outsider poet Sparrow. Plus letters from Seoul, Buenos Aires, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, and Lake Zurich, Illinois, by E. Tammy Kim, Drew Millard, and more. Compiled by deputy editor James Yeh, McSweeney's Issue 70, like all editions of the quarterly, features the very best in new literary fiction, in a unique and beautifully designed format, that will occupy a cherished spot on your bookshelves for years to come. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Highlights:
- Serranos, by Francisco Gonzalez, about migrant workers living in a trailer park, and their encounter with a new family that moves in. Would love to see this story or more from this author in a novel.
- Wound Bound, by Sarah Wang, about a teenage girl institutionalized for mental health reasons, and her issues with her mother. This one snuck up on me, gaining power as it went.
- Please Forgive Me, Pele, by Ryan Thompson, a photo gallery of items sent back to Hawaii with notes of remorse. On a small bottle of Maui Sand collected in 1982, for example, the note reads “We are very sorry that we took the sand. Our lives have been a living hell since we took it.”
- My Fiona, by Lisa Hsiao Chen, recounting a personal assistant to a celebrity’s experiences with emotional nuance. Bonus points for its references to Tarkovsky’s Solaris.
There were several others which were solid, with the only miss for me the final tale from Amit Chaudhuri. All in all, an enjoyable mix. ( )