PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Old Forest and Other Stories
A short-story collection set in the South and the Midwest. Through small incidents and frayed relationships, it captures the subtle movements of its characters’ inner lives and the delicate turning points of their lives.
Work Information
From the frayed edges of daily life, inner lives quietly emerge.
A short-story collection that captures everyday scenes across the South and the Midwest in a restrained style. It layers small emotional shifts until the turning points in its characters’ lives come into view.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Published
- 1985-01-01
- Language
- 英語
- ISBN-13
- 9780385279833
- ISBN-10
- 0385279833
- Price
- 18716 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Short Stories/Single Author
Short stories depict critical moments in the lives of middle class Southerners during the 1930s and 1940s
Reviews
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all fine.
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Taylor wrote years ago and set most of these stories in the South. But they are not dated at all. His language, his characterizations and his plot lines stand in a league of their own. And what he helps us to see about our own humanity is still as apropo now as it was when he was writing.
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I liked The Old Forest, the characters, the evocation of that time and its sadness.
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The best American short story writer. Important and beautiful collection.
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excellent