- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Scribner Book Company (26 April 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743269616
- ISBN-13: 978-0743269612
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16.1 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,116,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Beattie is never dull and these early stories prove that throughout her writing she has not dropped her standard. If you like this writer, this is a must for a full collection. If you are new to her, I believe it will make you reach for more.
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"Follies" was an unfortunate choice of title
2 Oct 2005
Format:Hardcover
I used to like Ann Beattie a whole lot back in the 70s and 80s when she seemed to have an ear for the anomie afflicting a generation. But this book seemed off-key most of time. Too many characters and too many plot threads for short stories. "Write A Story" shares an unfortunate stylistic connection with the children's book, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." The one story with any strong emotional effect is "The Rabbit Hole as Likely Explanation" about a woman's experience with her mother's Alzheimer's. But it was mistake to begin the collection with the dreary "Flechette's Follies." I would never have toiled to the end of that very long short story, or the collection, if I hadn't been stuck on a 14-hour plane ride. As a complete aside I must say, Beattie looks a bit like Joni Mitchell in the cover shot.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Well-intentioned, poorly executed
20 Nov 2009
Format:Paperback
I really am an Ann Beattie fan. But as I read this collection over a long weekend, I did not find the Beattie voice which so imaginatively gave us portraits of real lives in novels like PICTURING WILL and MY LIFE STARRING DARA FALCON. The main problem plaguing this collection was a lack of focus and imagination, leading to pedantic stories which go down like a bowl of bland oatmeal. Although Beattie is a talented writer I felt like these stories may have been written on autopilot. Stories don't always have to "do" something, but they have to at least be interesting to read; Updike isn't always a master of plot, but his precise and imaginative use of language is always a delight. I found neither interesting plots nor beautiful sentences in this disappointing book. Let's hope for a new, great novel or a strong collection from Ann Beattie again very soon!
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