Old Forest and Other Stories

南部や中西部を背景にした短編集。日常の些細な出来事や人間関係の綻びを通じて、登場人物の内面の揺れや人生の微妙な転機を繊細な筆致で描く作品群。

日常の機微南部の風景人間関係短編文学

作品情報

日常の綻びから、人物の内面が静かに見えてくる。

南部から中西部に広がる日常の場面を、抑制の効いた文体で捉えた短編集。些細な瞬間に宿る感情の揺れを積み重ねながら、人物たちの人生の転機を浮かび上がらせる。

Short stories depict critical moments in the lives of middle class Southerners during the 1930s and 1940s

all fine.
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.
I liked The Old Forest, the characters, the evocation of that time and its sadness.
The best American short story writer. Important and beautiful collection.
excellent