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A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: The Collected Stories (Penguin Modern Classics) - Community Reviews back

by Margaret Drabble
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audreyhawkins
audreyhawkins rated it 12 years ago
What most strikes me about Margaret Drabble's writing is her clarity. In each story, she paints so particular a portrait with perfect telling details. If someone in the distant future wants to know how the British lived and felt and *were* generally in the middle and end of the 20th century, they wo...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 13 years ago
1 - The Gifts of War: Worlds collide over a birthday present in this 1970 entry from the author's collected stories.2 - A Success Story: A night out leaves playwright Kathie contemplating relationships and success in this 1972 story read by Tracy Wiles.3 - A Voyage to Cythera: A chance encounter lea...
Jennavier
Jennavier rated it 14 years ago
This book gets three stars for being incredibly well written. Where it falls short for me is in the subject matter. Silent desperation in daylight has never been something that interested me, and after a few hours of such stories I was ready to believe that there was no point to life.
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