Une ile sous le vent
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9782743612887 (2743612886)
Publish date: October 7th 2005
Publisher: Rivages
Edition language: French
Category:
Writing,
Essays,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Anthologies,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Short Stories
Kingsolver's short stories are rich and diverse. Very enjoyable.
Good stories, very domestic though. I wish she would have branched out a little in several of the settings.
I don't often read short stories, but a colleague lent this to me, and I'm so glad he did. It's beautifully written, and I will definitely go on to try Kingsolver's novels.This is a collection of a dozen poignant stories: all quite different in plot, style, and setting (though all are in small, non-...
The stand out piece of the collection was the title story, Homeland. Gloria's Great-Grandmother is dying and her parents become convinced that Great Mam would like nothing more than to visit Cherokee as she is a Native American who once belonged to the Bird Clan. But when they get there, the comme...