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Ottessa Moshfegh recommended You are Having a Good Time in Books (curated)

 
You are Having a Good Time
You are Having a Good Time
Amie Barrodale | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
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"This is my favorite collection of short stories, and every time I pick it up, it reminds me that there is a genius on Earth with heart and humor so evolved I have to wonder if she is from the future. This book breaks my brain open so it can grow. I'll be sitting there on my island, praying that someone will drop Barrodale's next book on my head from heaven."

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Bruce Springsteen recommended A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories in Books (curated)

 
A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories
Flannery O'Connor | 1977 | Fiction & Poetry
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"The short stories of Flannery O’Connor landed hard on me. You could feel within them the unknowability of God, the intangible mysteries of life that confounded her characters, and which I find by my side every day. They contained the dark Gothicness of my childhood and yet made me feel fortunate to sit at the center of this swirling black puzzle, stars reeling overhead, the earth barely beneath us."

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War in Books

Oct 7, 2020  
Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War
Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War
Heather Webb | 2016
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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In honor of the 100th anniversary of the end of the first World War, I wanted to remind my readers of this book. Nine amazing historical fiction writers contributed to this beautiful collection of short stories about the end of World War I. Find out why I give this book a full five stars in my review here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2016/08/21/nine-times-november-11-1918/
  
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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Brides in the Sky: Stories and a Novella in Books

Oct 7, 2020  
Brides in the Sky: Stories and a Novella
Brides in the Sky: Stories and a Novella
Cary Holladay | 2019
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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As promised, my first book review of the New Year is for "Brides in the Sky" by Cary Holliday, which is a collection of mostly historical fiction short stories and a novella. If you ask me, shorter fiction is harder to write than novels, and you can find out if Holladay succeeded with this format on my new blog, here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2019/01/04/inconvenient-separations/
  
    Lure: Read Chat Fiction

    Lure: Read Chat Fiction

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    Lure features a huge collection of chat fiction; short stories told with text messages, like if you...

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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated A Thousand Years of Good Prayers in Books

Sep 21, 2017  
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Yiyun Li | 2006 | Fiction & Poetry
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9.0 (1 Ratings)
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Impressive collection of short stories about pre- and post-revolution China
This collection of short stories by Yiyun Li is both charming and a little disconcerting, showing how Chinese citizens attempt to live in a changed consumer communist society. From a gay man attempting to eke out a space for himself after returning from America to China, to those with mental health issues and parents with more than one child, Li showcases a plethora of characters and voices, many reflective of her own experiences.

The first story about an elderly woman trying to work and survive, and feeling love for a young boy after many years of loneliness is poignant and sombre. While the final story is similar to Li's experience of living in America - she is in reality a dissident and at one point couldn't leave the country to collect an award for this book, hence the book is remarkable in the fact that it feels completely plausible. Even more laudable is the fact that she had only learnt English for six years when she wrote the book. It is a wonderful collection of stories.