Stories in an Almost Classical Mode
A reflective narrative built from an adult narrator’s repeated memory of being held by his father. Fragmented recollection deepens the feeling of safety, dependence, and power between parent and child.
Work Information
A reflective narrative built from an adult narrator’s repeated memory of being held by his father. Fragmented recollection deepens the feeling of safety, dependence, and power between parent and child.
A reflective narrative built from an adult narrator’s repeated memory of being held by his father. Fragmented recollection deepens the feeling of safety, dependence, and power between parent and child.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- 1989-10-23
- Pages
- 608 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13.97 x 3.86 x 21.59 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780679724315
- ISBN-10
- 0679724311
- Price
- 3669 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Anthologies & Literary Collections/General
FROM TWO-TIME O. HENRY AWARD WINNER • A mammoth collection of short fiction, these 17 stories spanning three decades of work showcase Harold Brodkey at his most intense and masterful. With layered insights, emotional risk, and magnificently dense prose, Brodkey captures the truth and complexity of lived experience. "[Brodkey's stories are] one of those provinces we visit while traveling and that travel with us ever since...Brodkey has followed his vision of growth and corruption...to depths only he has charted." —Los Angeles Times Book Review “Forceful and lucid…” —The New York Times My protagonists are my mother's voice and the mind I had when I was thirteen. I was supposed to have a good mind—that supposition was a somewhat mysterious and even unlikely thing. Written with striking intensity and seriousness, these stories explore memory, identity, and the subtle ironies of human relationships. Brodkey’s language is rich and layered, revealing the complexity of a single moment with uncommon depth and precision. With this collection, readers are invited into a world of emotional risk and psychological nuance. For longtime admirers and new literary explorers alike, this volume offers the rare pleasure of encountering a master at the height of his powers.
Harold Brodkey was born in 1930 in Staunton, Illinois. He grew up in Missouri and graduated from Harvard College. Since the early 1950s, his stories have appeared regularly in The New Yorker and other magazines. His many honors include two first-place O. Henry Awards (in 1975 and 1976) as well as fellowships from the American Academy in Rome, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He has taught writing and literature at Cornell University and the City College of New York. He is the author of two novels, three collections of essays, and four collections of short stories, including Stories in an Almost Classical Mode and First Love and Other Sorrows .
Reviews
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He uses such beautiful language that I always end up going back to something again and again. Never hear him mentioned as one of the great writers but I can't think of too many that write better prose. Sometimes I find his dysfunctional family hard to empathise with especially his disturbed, insanely jealous sister, Nonnie.
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I love the stories, although some are not as spellbinding as others. They are all very readable -- and more than once.
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I have only read one of the stories so far, but it definitely lived up to expectations! Great descriptions by this author.
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Maybe it's just me but I'm not impressed with this book. It was difficult to remain interested
Related Literary Awards
- O. Henry Award Edition 56 (1976) ・Winner