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Who do you like for short stories?
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Ya-ta Boy



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:47 am    Post subject: Who do you like for short stories? Reply with quote
I'm usually a novel person, but in the last couple of years I've gotten into short stories. I think Thomas Hardy is terrific. Also O. Henry of course, Jack London, Maugham (can't be beat), Kipling, Twain, Ambrose Bierce and S. V. Benet. I've got a Kate Chopin and a couple were OK. Jhumpa Lahiri is fabulous. I like Jin Ha a lot. (He's Chinese but writes in English.) I bought a collection of Hemingway but just can't get into his stories. I'll try again later. I have two collections of Chekhov and read two stories. It's going to be a struggle to try him again.

Any recommendations?
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the_beaver



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Stephen Leacock
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indytrucks



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Roald Dahl.
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jayjayjay



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:03 am    Post subject: Re: Who do you like for short stories? Reply with quote
Ya-ta Boy wrote:
I'm usually a novel person, but in the last couple of years I've gotten into short stories. I think Thomas Hardy is terrific. Also O. Henry of course, Jack London, Maugham (can't be beat), Kipling, Twain, Ambrose Bierce and S. V. Benet. I've got a Kate Chopin and a couple were OK. Jhumpa Lahiri is fabulous. I like Jin Ha a lot. (He's Chinese but writes in English.) I bought a collection of Hemingway but just can't get into his stories. I'll try again later. I have two collections of Chekhov and read two stories. It's going to be a struggle to try him again.

Any recommendations?


The short story is a most excellent genre. I could recommend dozens of writers, but, to keep it simple I'll list the first one to come to mind: Raymond Carver, a minimalist, who has published many excellent short stories. Also, just in case you've never read Salinger, Nine Stories is an excellent read--a compilation of, yep, you guessed it--nine stories. My favorite of the nine is "Teddy."
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OiGirl



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    James Thurber
    Jeffrey Archer
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schwa



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Alice Munro.

I dont know another writer that can bring some ordinary character to life so convincingly in 20 or 30 pages that you feel like you know them in person.

I'm reading Runaway these days, her latest collection, & she just keeps getting better.

Her name always comes up in the run-up to the Nobel prize. Maybe this year.
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jayjayjay



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
schwa wrote:
Alice Munro.

I dont know another writer that can bring some ordinary character to life so convincingly in 20 or 30 pages that you feel like you know them in person.

I'm reading Runaway these days, her latest collection, & she just keeps getting better.

Her name always comes up in the run-up to the Nobel prize. Maybe this year.

I'll second that choice....excellent indeed.
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Demonicat



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
for essays...David Sedaris!!!
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Nowhere Man



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:48 am    Post subject: ... Reply with quote
Raymond Carver
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HapKi



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Raymond Carver
Poe
Stephen King"s Different Seasons and Skeleton Crew
Charles Bukowski
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jayjayjay



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:35 am    Post subject: Raymond Carver Reply with quote
A lot of Carver fans in here. You may know there was a film made in 1993 (after Carver's untimely death) directed by Robert Altman--Short Cuts. It is a brilliantly done collage film intertwining several of Carver's stories into one tight film. A must see.
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Pangit



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote