O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories Of 1920
若い世代の鋭い冷笑と、長年秘められた関係を支える抑制と義理が静かにぶつかる。叔父の老いと未亡人との距離感を見つめながら、戦後の空気のなかで、愛情が必ずしも声高に語られないことを描く短篇。
作品情報
20年にわたる沈黙の関係を、若い世代はただの体裁にしか見ない。だが、その沈黙の裏には、愛情と節度と自己犠牲が折り重なっている。
Maxwell Struthers Burt の受賞短篇は、年上の男と未亡人の長い関係を、若い世代の視線を通して静かに照らし出す。表面的には社交の作法に見える振る舞いが、実は忠誠、配慮、そして傷つきやすい誇りを守るためのものだと分かったとき、物語は深い余韻を残す。
レビュー要約
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同時代の評者は、この作品を実在感のある人物像を捉えた、よく観察された短篇として高く評価している。
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読者からは、O. Henry 賞の短篇群を通して読むと、時代の空気をよく伝える代表的な一編として受け止められている。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Kessinger Pub Co
- 発売日
- 2004-06-30
- ページ数
- 356ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 19 x 2.06 x 23.83 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781419137631
- ISBN-10
- 1419137638
- 価格
- 6808 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Anthologies & Literary Collections/General
The ""O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories Of 1920"" is a collection of short stories written by various authors. The book is named after William Sydney Porter, who was an American writer known by his pen name, O. Henry. The O. Henry Memorial Award is given annually to the best short stories published in American and Canadian magazines. This book contains the prize-winning stories from the year 1920. The stories are diverse in their themes and styles, ranging from romantic to suspenseful to humorous. The authors include both established and emerging writers, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edna Ferber, and Sinclair Lewis. The book is a testament to the power of short stories to capture the imagination and emotions of readers. It is a must-read for anyone who appreciates the art of storytelling.Betty Medill would marry him and she wouldn't marry him. She was having such a good time that she hated to take such a definite step. Meanwhile, their secret engagement had got so long that it seemed as if any day it might break off of its own weight. A little man named Warburton, who knew it all, persuaded Perry to superman her, to get a marriage license and go up to the Medill house and tell her she'd have to marry him at once or call it off forever. This is some stunt--but Perry tried it on December the twenty-ninth.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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