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| Title | : | Stories |
| Author | : | T. Coraghessan Boyle |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 704 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 1999 by Penguin (Non-Classics) (first published December 1993) |
| Categories | : | Short Stories. Fiction. Literature. Literary Fiction. American. Contemporary. Short Story Collection |
T. Coraghessan Boyle
Paperback | Pages: 704 pages Rating: 4.21 | 1535 Users | 96 Reviews
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T. C. Boyle is one of the most inventive and wickedly funny short story writers at work today. Over the course of twenty-five years, Boyle has built up a body of short fiction that is remarkable in its range, richness, and exuberance. His stories have won accolades for their irony and black humor, for their verbal pyrotechnics, for their fascination with everything bizarre and queasy, and for the razor-sharp way in which they dissect America's obsession with image and materialism. Gathered together here are all of the stories that have appeared in his four previous collections, as well as seven that have never before appeared in book form. Together they comprise a book of small treasures, a definitive gift for Boyle fans and for every reader ready to discover the "ferocious, delicious imagination" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) of a "vibrant sensibility fully engaged with American society" (The New York Times).Identify Books During Stories
| Original Title: | Stories |
| ISBN: | 014028091X (ISBN13: 9780140280913) |
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Ratings: 4.21 From 1535 Users | 96 ReviewsComment On Out Of Books Stories
I started reading T.C. Boyle's short stories and was immediately impressed. This is a huge collection and I doubt I'll read all of it. Unfortunately, I was then moved to start reading his Tortilla Curtain, which was a complete turn off. He heaps contempt on one of the two main characters, and the bile was just more than I could take. Having read a number of book reviews about this book (probably a mistake), I know that the book continues more or less in the same vein. My overall impression was,i finished it! this was my occasional-reading book. short stories that i could pick up from time to time and read a story or two. it took a really long time to get through all 704 pages in this way, but i enjoyed every story. some of my favorites were about a group of wasted losers who had a very unusual reaction to the non-stop blood raining from the sky; so much blood that it caused a bloody flood...the chef on jacques cousteau's ship who was tired of cooking fish fish fish. many of his
Thank you, Penguin Books!70 short stories collected here by literary hipster and natural born killer storyteller, USA born and bred T. Coraghessan Boyle. What blast-off verbal orgasms, what sublime hallucinogenic hits of imagination, what shadow theater and laser lights of Love, Death, And Everything in Between - the three categories under which the stories in the collection are grouped. The question hovers: as a reviewer, how to do justice to these T. C. totally cockeyed boiling Boyle tales? A
With his dry wit and vivid imagination, T.C. Boyle is among my favorite short story writers. But be forewarned. Boyles work is not for everyone as its filled with dark humor and scathing irreverence. A good example is the shocking story Drowning which Boyle himself referred to as offensive on many levels. Boyle once described a workshop led by John Cheever where Cheever defended Drowning against an onslaught of classmate rancor. So if you decide to take this ride, strap yourself in tight.Boyle
this fucker drops similes and metaphors where i have to close the book, close my eyes, and ask myself, "did he really just say that?" Sorry Fugu and The Human Fly are two of my favorite stories ever
Thank you, Penguin Books!70 short stories collected here by literary hipster and natural born killer storyteller, USA born and bred T. Coraghessan Boyle. What blast-off verbal orgasms, what sublime hallucinogenic hits of imagination, what shadow theater and laser lights of Love, Death, And Everything in Between - the three categories under which the stories in the collection are grouped. The question hovers: as a reviewer, how to do justice to these T. C. totally cockeyed boiling Boyle tales? A
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