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• Muy bien libro

  He empezado a leerlo y me atrapo. Me gustan los cuentos y los primeros tienen un aroma a Gabriel García Márquez. Estoy muy interesada en seguir dado que obtuvo el Pulitzer por esta obra

• The quality is very good

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• Nobody Writes Like Porter: Incredible

  This book is perhaps the best written 500 pages bound in one place anywhere. Porter has a unique style of writing, that is hers alone. Her use of long, but salient and understandable sentences is terrific. Her use of simile and metaphor is almost unequaled. And her observational abilities and articulation of inner feelings makes her stand out as one of the best American writers of all time. The book consists of 19 Short Stories/Long Stories/Short Novels and they are all extraordinary. In a shockingly well written story, she writes in "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" a description of going into a depressive pit, the likes of which I have never seen before, fact or fiction. Her style is so good, she leaves the reader guessing what is fact and what is fiction, in her fiction, with respect to her plot line in this very surreal story of a lady going into depression. Her characters are so intimately real life, as to make the reader feel they know them, almost personally. But what we readers know truly, is how wonderfully Porter expresses herself, and how incredible are her endings and beginnings, as well as wonderfully written middles. No appreciator of American Literature should pass up the opportunity to read this book. In paperback, it is one of the true bargains in America today. For about 15 to 25 hours of extreme reading pleasure, this book fits the bill quite perfectly.

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• Magnificent Collection of Short Fiction

  Katherine Anne Porter would surely be ranked among the best short story writers of the last century. Her total work is relatively short consisting of three collections of short stories and novellas, one novel, and assorted reviews and criticisms. She has been described as a perfectionist who proceeded very deliberately and only published her very best fiction. Based on her short stories, I can say that many are among the best I have read, being dense, sensitive, and beautifully constructed. The Collected Stories consist of three collections of stories: Flowering Judas and other Stories; Pale Horse, Pale Rider; and The Leaning Tower and other Stories. This collection took some time to get through, being 500 pages long, with many stories so deeply rendered they took a while to absorb. While not all her stories are of equal merit, the best shine with polish and exhibit an expert craftmanship. My personal favorites were: He; The Jilting of Granny Weatherall; Noon Wine; Pale Horse, Pale Rider; The Grave; The Downward Path to Wisdom; and Holiday. I highly recommend this writer of you appreciate great short fiction.

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