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Summary: Impressive Short Stories
Review: One of the reasons that I usually avoid short stories is because of the tidiness for which short story authors seem to strive. Katherine Anne Porter's stories are not cute. They are not clean. And they are not contrived. Rather, she allows her stories to live in a more sincere world, where life continues past the last page of a story and resolutions of the characters' maladies come after "The End," if ever.This sincerity is the charm of her work. While much of what is written is sullen and brazen, Ms. Porter's communication to us is that there is life to be found before, during, and after the climax- and we must steer clear of false resolution or find no resolution at all.
Rating:
Summary: Impressive Short Stories
Review: One of the reasons that I usually avoid short stories is because of the tidiness for which short story authors seem to strive. Katherine Anne Porter's stories are not cute. They are not clean. And they are not contrived. Rather, she allows her stories to live in a more sincere world, where life continues past the last page of a story and resolutions of the characters' maladies come after "The End," if ever. This sincerity is the charm of her work. While much of what is written is sullen and brazen, Ms. Porter's communication to us is that there is life to be found before, during, and after the climax- and we must steer clear of false resolution or find no resolution at all.
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Summary: Extraordinary short fiction
Review: Porter is a great writer and these stories are well worth re-reading. She can be difficult but the effort put into understanding her message is rewarded. Perfect for someone looking for a group of great 'literary' short stories to enjoy.
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Summary: Nobody Writes Like Porter: Incredible
Review: This book is perhaps the best written 500 pages bound in one place anywhere. Porter has a unique style of writing, that is hers alone. Her use of long, but salient and understandable sentences is terrific. Her use of simile and metaphor is almost unequaled. And her observational abilities and articulation of inner feelings makes her stand out as one of the best American writers of all time. The book consists of 19 Short Stories/Long Stories/Short Novels and they are all extraordinary. In a shockingly well written story, she writes in "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" a description of going into a depressive pit, the likes of which I have never seen before, fact or fiction. Her style is so good, she leaves the reader guessing what is fact and what is fiction, in her fiction, with respect to her plot line in this very surreal story of a lady going into depression. Her characters are so intimately real life, as to make the reader feel they know them, almost personally. But what we readers know truly, is how wonderfully Porter expresses herself, and how incredible are her endings and beginnings, as well as wonderfully written middles. No appreciator of American Literature should pass up the opportunity to read this book. In paperback, it is one of the true bargains in America today. For about 15 to 25 hours of extreme reading pleasure, this book fits the bill quite perfectly.
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Summary: Nobody Writes Like Porter: Incredible
Review: This book is perhaps the best written 500 pages bound in one place anywhere. Porter has a unique style of writing, that is hers alone. Her use of long, but salient and understandable sentences is terrific. Her use of simile and metaphor is almost unequaled. And her observational abilities and articulation of inner feelings makes her stand out as one of the best American writers of all time. The book consists of 19 Short Stories/Long Stories/Short Novels and they are all extraordinary. In a shockingly well written story, she writes in "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" a description of going into a depressive pit, the likes of which I have never seen before, fact or fiction. Her style is so good, she leaves the reader guessing what is fact and what is fiction, in her fiction, with respect to her plot line in this very surreal story of a lady going into depression. Her characters are so intimately real life, as to make the reader feel they know them, almost personally. But what we readers know truly, is how wonderfully Porter expresses herself, and how incredible are her endings and beginnings, as well as wonderfully written middles. No appreciator of American Literature should pass up the opportunity to read this book. In paperback, it is one of the true bargains in America today. For about 15 to 25 hours of extreme reading pleasure, this book fits the bill quite perfectly.
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Summary: AN EXAMPLE OF POOR LITERARY KNOLEDGE
Review: THIS BOOK SHOWS HOW THE AUTHOR KATHERINE PORTER HAD LITTLE WRITTING SKILLS THAT COULD BE ACKNOLEDGED
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Summary: A Plethora of Literary Dazzle
Review: What need be said about this extraordinary (and sadly, lately, overlooked) writer, other than that she was sent from heaven to write these stories? If you attentively read stories like "Flowering Judas" or "Magic" you can, only briefly perhaps, see God 'tween the words and lines. Read Porter as you would brush a crocodile's teeth: slowly, so carefully, and with heartstopping thrill.
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