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9780966505504

Great New American Short Stories

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  • ISBN13:

    9780966505504

  • ISBN10:

    0966505506

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-01-01
  • Publisher: Hallmark Emporium Publishing
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Summary

It's difficult to pinpoint exactly what constitutes "American", since the United States is such a melting pot, but this collection of nine short stories does capture the American experience. Perhaps diversity is what makes "Great New American Short Stories" so good.

Voyles' stories are about the rich, the poor, the educated, the street-smart. They are written from a wide variety of experiences. For instance, one story is a witty tale of a quiet man's revenge on a nosy neighbor, while another is a lottery-winning man's revenge on his nagging wife. What if you found a suitcase full of money? What if you came face-to-face with someone you'd just vented your road rage upon? What if you were a prisoner in quarantine? In "Me and Frank Cash at Camp Goode", the author writes about one man's experience in South Korea while in the Army. In "The Rosebush", a woman's favorite adopted daughter dies unexpectedly. The mother plants a rosebush by her daughter's grave and tends to it lovingly. The story is told from another daughter's point of view.

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