This is the fourth in my series of five reviews of short fiction collections. Close Range is Annie Proulx’s first collection of Wyoming Stories — spare tales of lives lived and lost in a harsh and lonely land.
Close Range
E. Annie ProulxFourth Estate 1999, Paperback, 320 pages, £12.00
One of the themes of these reviews is what I believe [...]
This review of Raymond Carver’s Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? is the third in my series of five short fiction reviews.
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please
Raymond CarverVintage 2003, Paperback, 192 pages, £7.99
Carver is widely regarded as a master of the short story, a man who reinvigorated an old form and made it his own, churning out [...]
Alice Munro’s 11th book, Runaway, is the subject of the second in a series of five reviews of short fiction collections.
Runaway
Alice MunroVintage Books USA 2005, Paperback, 335 pages, £10.19
Runaway is heavy with accolades: it won The Giller Prize, was a New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year, and made the shortlist for the Governor [...]
This is my first post. I’ve read 26 books (almost) this year but, as others have noted, it’s the reviewing that is the challenge, albeit an enjoyable one. Quite a few of those I’ve read have already been reviewed so I’m leaving them until later, or intending to simply respond with comments.
So why choose this [...]
