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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780060917012 ISBN: 0060917016 Label: Harper Perennial Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: May 23, 1990 Publisher: Harper Perennial Release Date: April 13, 1990 Studio: Harper Perennial Editorial Review: Product Description: With the same wit and sensitivity that have come to characterize her highly praised and beloved novels Animal Dreams and The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver gives us a rich and emotionally resonant collection of twelve stories. Spreading her memorable characters over landscapes ranging from northern-California to the hills of eastern Kentucky and the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, Kingsolver tells stories of hope, momentary joy, and powerful endurance. In every setting, Kingsolver's distinctive voice -- at times comic, but often heartrending -- rings true as she explores the twin themes of family ties and the life choices one must ultimately make alone. Homeland and Other Stories creates a world of love and possibility that readers will want to take as their own. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Her novels are brilliant, her short stories aren't quite... I still always recommend her!Kingsolver, who has never written anything that hasn't awed me, manages to capture much of the very essence of the human existence in our culturally and socially backward world (and country). These stories, however, are not nearly as powerful and earth-moving for me as her novels (Prodigal Summer, Poisonwood Bible, Pigs in Heaven, etc..) This is a collection of short stories that each deal with the frustrations that average people face in their desire to lead normal, quiet, decent lives. ... Read More Rating: - Talented writing, but the stories get redundantMy sister and I are both big readers; my favorite novelists are John Irving and Anne Tyler, her favorite is Barbara Kingsolver. I decided to give Kingsolver a try, and decided to start with this book - her short stories - to get a taste, and see if it was worth my time to try one of her longer works. The writing talent is certainly there, but I feel after reading this collection (and reading the summaries of Kingsolver's full length novels), I've already read enough to decide not to go further. ... Read More Rating:  - Beautiful CharactersKingsolver's attention to the details of life shows itself again is this lovely collection. Great for reading in the bathtub, my favorite spot. Rating: - Good read but ....I am a huge Barbara Kingsolver fan, and the short stories are really good - but seemed somewhat unfinished to me...It could be that each of them could be a chapter in a different book...maybe that is a sign of good short stories...BUT regardless, the characters are complex, deep, and real... Rating: - I wish each story was its own novel.A lovely collection of stories, as is to be expected of Barbara Kingsolver's fiction. The characters are rich and dynamic, and the stories are so well developed that I wish each one was a full-length novel. Well worth the read- |
