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Under the Dam (Paperback)

by David Constantine (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Comma Press (28 April 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0954828011
  • ISBN-13: 978-0954828011
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 152,403 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful short story collection..., 24 Jun 2005
This is one of the best short story collections I've read in a long time. David Constantine - one of our foremost poets, and prize-winning translator of Holderlin and Goethe - deserves a place alongside such masters of the genre as Gogol and Chekhov, V.S.Pritchett and William Trevor. He chronicles the ordinary yet extraordinary lives of secret desperation most of us lead in prose of an intense, barbed, mythic quality. The short story is the most perfect missile with which to do this. After all, the poem as a literary form is, well, ultimately about itself; and the novel has its sights set on "grander" themes and objectives. These stories are about unique individuals and about us all. Read, empathize, and be jolted.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, moving short stories, 28 Jul 2007
I only knew David Constantine as a poet, but I saw the reader review already posted on Amazon and thought 'This really does sound special', so I bought a copy. These are some of the most burningly immediate, original, ungimmicky, beautifully structured stories I have read for a decade or more. They are also wise and kind. You come away from reading them feeling life has expanded, and the world is stranger and more wonderful than before. I do not like to gush, but these stories really are exceptional. Read them.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sad, beautiful, edgy, 3 Sep 2007
Have to agree with the other reviewers here - these stories are so good you want to start re-reading them immediately. Although set in the present they have a timeless quality, and dig deep into character's motivations and self justifications. The writing is always brilliant. Stories like The Red Balloon and The Necessary Strength will have you wondering about them for days. I'm a fan now and will seek out his earlier collection.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Well-written, intelligent and interesting
It took me a while to get through what is actually quite a short book (around 200 pages). That's not a comment on the quality of the writing, which is always thoughtful, careful... Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2007 by quippe

5.0 out of 5 stars up there with the very finest
I completely agree with the other reviews. These stories are fit to be mentioned in the same breath as the greatest exponents of the genre. Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2007 by MF

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