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Vanishing And Other Stories (2010)

by Deborah Willis(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0062007521 (ISBN13: 9780062007520)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Harper Perennial

review 1: Ho letto il libro nella traduzione di Paola Del Zoppo/Anna Baldini (Del Vecchio Editore) e l'ho trovato molto interessante. Alcuni racconti sono estremamente "intimi" anche dal punto di vista della narrazione, e costringono il lettore a porre molta attenzione al testo per non rischiare di perdere parte del significato, soprattutto quando l'autrice dà per scontato che il lettore abbia sviluppato una certa "empatia" con i protagonisti o sia già entrato pienamente nella dimensione del racconto. Una raccolta da leggere in immersione, quindi, complessa ma non complicata: lo stile è fluido e per niente arzigogolato.
review 2: This collection of stories is very well-connected. By that, I mean the thread of "Vanishing" appears in every story in some way. On the posi... moretive side, this makes the stories hang together as a collection. On the other hand, by the end of the book, I felt like the "pow" had gone out of the stories, and I was reading the same basic voice over and over. Though some of these really impressed me (The Weather, Escape, Traces, Remember, Relive), not a few of these left me cold (This Other Us, The Fiancee, Sky Theatre). This felt like a mixed bag, even though Willis can write well. The stories just didn't feel developed enough to me in some instances, differentiated enough. I'm sure others will disagree, but I've been spoiled by William Trevor's short stories and end up comparing everything to them now. Though I did like this overall, it's not a keeper for the bookshelf. less

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