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William Saroyan
Birth date: August 31, 1908
Died: May 18, 1981
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travelin
travelin rated it 9 years ago
I find the stories simultaneously too tidy (e.g. true) or too depressing, but I admire the breakfast-length story formats. Extra star for the 5 star title story, but then, I didn't read them all...
Ina Okami
Ina Okami rated it 10 years ago
محموعة قصصية ممتعة وهادفة نوعاً مالم أكن من المطلعين على أسلوب الحياة الأرمنية من قبللكن هذا الكتاب أعطاني فكرة جملية عن حياة العائلة الأرمنية البسيطةالقصص يغلب عليها الطابع المغامراتي الصبيانيوالحق أن كل قصة منها كانت تحمل حكمة ماالترابط الأسري الجميل والقلوب النظيفة البسيطة للعائلةشخصيات العائلة ا...
Lisa (Harmony)
Lisa (Harmony) rated it 11 years ago
The title is a misnomer. Not that there aren't some wonderful stories here, but they were never really chosen because they're the best American short stories of the 20th century. Rather, these are Updike's 56 picks out of the 2,000 stories originally chosen in the 84 volumes of a yearly anthology pu...
spocksbro
spocksbro rated it 19 years ago
Though I'm not a fan of Saroyan's novels, as a short-story author few can beat him.For those of you who'd like to do a little arm-chair psychology -- my favorite story from this collection is "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8" because it describes my personal relationships to a T.
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