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Empecé por 'Con K de Kopia' de Jonathan Lethem, porque el título me pareció molón, pero nunca me hubiera imaginado que me encontraría con una reescritura de Kafka tan magnífica, acertada y fascinante. Nunca se esconde de ser una simple reescritura de Kafka, pero se nota que está hecha no sólo por alguien que ha leído mucho a Kafka sino por alguien que se divierte y se ríe mucho leyendo a Kafka. Es un cuento tan bueno que me lo leería cada día antes de irme a dormir. Capta perfectamente la angust...
This is more like it. A great collection of contemporary short-stories by American writers, so diverse I didn't know what to expect next, it kept me guessing all the way.It kicked off with a good start, a kind of surreal sci-fi, Twilight Zone; bizarre and yet perfect. Then there followed a macabre account of parenticide in a dystopian alternative culture, then a journal of an AWOL soldier and his correspondence with his decorated, green beret, war-hero, macho but recreationally gay, dad - a stor...
Di sedici racconti: 3 più no che sì, 4 mmm, 5 sì, e 4 sì, sì!In generale, direi che questa antologia sia meno interessante della precedente, anche se le sono grata per la scoperta di Paul Collins, A.M. Homes, Jonathan Ames, Judy Budnitz e Kerrie Kvashay-Boyle (di cui mai ricorderò il nome, e per questo lo scrivo qui). Servono a questo, no, le raccolte di racconti di autori vari? A farci scoprire qualcuno di interessante.
I really liked Paul LaFarge's story 'The Observers' and will be buying some books authored by he, Collins and Shepard. I suppose collections like this give you a taste of work that is more alternative and experimental and for this reason, I found the book worthwhile. Some of the later entries were not as interesting, however, and my interest waned somewhat.
1. No Justice, No Foul, by Jim Stallard, may be the best short story to reference the supreme court of the United States of America ever written.2. The Tears of Squonk, and What Happened Thereafter, by Glenn David Gould is both moving and elegantly written.And everything else in this collection is gravy.
Tutto quello che ti puoi aspettare da una raccolta McSweeney's: racconti divertenti, preoccupanti, allegri, impegnati, profondi, stranianti.E, in più, un racconto di Lethem anche più folle del solito.
This is truly a mixed bag, but it even says in the introduction that you must be a weirdo if you enjoy all of the stories in the collection.My favorite by far was Glen David Gold's "The Tears of Squonk, and What Happened Thereafter."
Lovely short stories, well written, provocative, intimate, clever. Only one of the 15+ stories didn't agree with me,..
This collection of short stories should have something that provides for everyone. I highly recommend Zadie Smith's 'The Girl With The Bangs'
My favorite stories were The Tears of Squonk, and What Happened Thereafter and Banvard's Folly. There were two I didn't like I guess, but that's not important.
How thoughtful of Dave Eggers to include a 60-page story he wrote, which is also in his own collection of short stories.
Like any grab-bag short story book, there are some great stories in here, and some I could have done without.
Estas historias se leen en una computadora, desde una superflua y bonita web hipster. De otro modo no funcionan, al menos para mí. No hay vida ni inteligencia.
