- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (3 Mar 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099461781
- ISBN-13: 978-0099461784
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 403,436 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Field Study (Storycuts)
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"'This is the short story at its best' Sunday Times; 'Read it' Irish Times"
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really did not enjoy this book. I kept on reading to the end in the hope that a story would be finished later. It was more like a series of bullet points for a number of novels that might be written one day. None of the characters was adequately fleshed out, nor their motives explained.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have just finished reading this short story collection, and as an admirer of Rachel Seiffert's earlier novel, The Dark Room, I found it haunting and frustrating in equal measure. Like the previous reviewer, who begs RS to actually finish one of her stories, I found a number of the pieces underdeveloped (to say the least), but nevertheless I am prepared to persevere on the strength of her tone and her clarity of expression. She is a great writer, although this collection does not really show her at her best. In fact one of the stories, about a family attempting to cross a river during WWII, was lifted word-for-word from her previous novel, which I thought was a bit of a swizz. Even so, I'm looking forward to the next full-length work from this major British talent.
Format:Paperback
This is a well written collection of short stories, which generally work towards a quiet epiphany rather than a plot twist. The writing style is terse but strong; the characterisation always interesting. A few weaker stories (hence not five stars) but those such as `Field Work' and `Dog Leg Lane' certain deserve reading.
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