Claudia’s 5 Short Story Collections
Short stories are what their names reveal: they are short. But even though they are short and you can finish one probably in less than 30 minutes, good ones can propel you into circumstances you don't want to leave. You encounter characters that become your best friends. And in the end you scream in despair: "Please one hundred pages more!"
Here are five master storytellers who lured me into their worlds with elegant and exquisitely written prose and breathtaking sometimes even shocking endings. In the short and sweet you will encounter pearls of wisdom and humanness that might linger with you for a long time.
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (Vintage Books, RH, $15)
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (Mariner Books, $14.95)
Dubliners by James Joyce (Penguin Classic, $11)
The Empty Family by Colm Toibin (Scribner, $24)
Like Life: Stories by Lorrie Moore (Vintage Books, $14)
-March 2011, Claudia Vesterby
1 comment:
Thanks so much for the recommendation! I've been desperate to get into some more short stories recently!
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