- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Harvest Books; New edition edition (4 Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0156028999
- ISBN-13: 978-0156028998
- Product Dimensions: 20.5 x 13.6 x 2.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,286,788 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Gathered from approximately one hundred fifty writing workshops around the United States and Canada, this collection of short stories presents a variety of new voices, settings, and styles that capture all facets and visions of North American life.
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A great read, from start to finish
26 Jan 2005
Format:Paperback
I was thrilled and surprised by the diversity of voices in this book, and found myself drawn into the stories from the first to the last, grabbed by the strength of the prose and the excitement of discovering so many new writers. The stories certainly don't seem like they were written by newbies -- they're really strong and moving and wildly imaginative. The best surprise was how much humor there is (especially in "Essay #3: Leda and the Swan," probably my favorite in the book, though it'd be tough to tell for sure). I can't wait to see more from these writers in the future, and to read next year's collection from these editors.
Thank you Eric Puchner for "mentally ill laughter"!
14 July 2011
Format:Paperback
I enjoyed some of the stories in this book, especially "Essay #3: Leda and the Swan" by Eric Puchner. Really, if all of the stories had been as entertaining as Puchner's I would have given this book five stars.
Puchner's offering is the imagined high school essay penned by one Natalie Mudbrook, in analyzing "Leda and the Swan" by William Butler Yeats. In writing this essay Natalie goes out on a tangent and ends up talking about her love and family life instead of the "perverted swans" described by the "mentally ill" Yeats.
Natalies's essay proves to be both hilarious and deeply moving! Her well-placed malapropisms and awkward phrasings generate such countless gems as (in reference to her chain-smoking vegan sister Jeanie) "she lived up to her slut stardom with great success but still slept with a stuffed hippopotamus on a nightly basis" and "she was a human sex appliance with no moral fibers". There are also wonderful descriptions of the boy (and front man for the small-time rock band Salacious Universe) both sisters love such as "his eyes were gleaming in a weird way from the sulfur lights like those reflector things on the pedal of a bike" or "[his] hair was partaking in photosynthesis from the moon". Other wonderful strings of words set special moods such as "It was all very peaceful and beautiful with the janitors talking in Spanish and the imported words floating on top of our heads".
Puchner's offering is the imagined high school essay penned by one Natalie Mudbrook, in analyzing "Leda and the Swan" by William Butler Yeats. In writing this essay Natalie goes out on a tangent and ends up talking about her love and family life instead of the "perverted swans" described by the "mentally ill" Yeats.
Natalies's essay proves to be both hilarious and deeply moving! Her well-placed malapropisms and awkward phrasings generate such countless gems as (in reference to her chain-smoking vegan sister Jeanie) "she lived up to her slut stardom with great success but still slept with a stuffed hippopotamus on a nightly basis" and "she was a human sex appliance with no moral fibers". There are also wonderful descriptions of the boy (and front man for the small-time rock band Salacious Universe) both sisters love such as "his eyes were gleaming in a weird way from the sulfur lights like those reflector things on the pedal of a bike" or "[his] hair was partaking in photosynthesis from the moon". Other wonderful strings of words set special moods such as "It was all very peaceful and beautiful with the janitors talking in Spanish and the imported words floating on top of our heads".
Eric Puchner's short story -- by itself -- is worth the price of the book
12 Aug 2007
Format:Paperback
You should be able to find this book at discount book sellers (e.g., Half-Price Books) for about $5.98. At that price, the short story by Eric Puchner, "Essay #3-Leda and the Swan," is more than worth the price of the book. I would almost be willing to pay full price for this anthology just to share this "essay" with my friends.
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