Rosenthal, Lucy, ed. The eloquent short story.ROSENTHAL, Lucy, ed. The eloquent short story. Persea, dist. by Norton. 302p. c2004. 0-89255-292-1. $14.95. SA This collection of short stories is based on the premise that there are different forms that short stories use as a way to tell a tale: the memoir memoir History or record composed from personal observation and experience. Closely related to autobiography, a memoir differs chiefly in the degree of emphasis on external events. , the fantasy, the commentary, the character study, letters, a report. Each of these modes is illustrated by an example from the recent past, and the authors include some well-known writers, such as Truman Capote and James Thurber Noun 1. James Thurber - United States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961) James Grover Thurber, Thurber , and some more current writers, such as Jhumpa Lahiri Jhumpa Lahiri Vourvoulias (born Nilanjana Sudeshna in 1967) (Bengali: ঝুম্পা লাহিড়ী Jhumpa Lahiŗi and Ann Beattie Ann Beattie (born September 8, 1947) is an American short story writer and novelist. She has received an award for excellence from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and a PEN/Bernard Malamud Award for excellence in the short story form. . The introduction by the editor is well done for those who wish to study the literary form. This collection would serve well as a textbook, but is also suitable for anyone who loves the genre of the short story. Nola Theiss, Sanibel, FL |
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