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Stygo

by Laurie Hendrie

ISBN13: 9780684801117
ISBN10: 0684801116
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Felicity, May 5, 2008 (view all comments by Felicity)
Any novel in the form of short stories about the life of a small American town probably invites comparison to _Winesburg, Ohio_. In _Stygo_'s case, the comparison is not all that apt: Stygo is not a sleepy town full of quiet desperation, but a desperate town. No main character emerges from the novel or leaves at the end (in fact, the only young man we know to have struck out from town is a spree-killer.) It's its own book.

What I enjoyed most about the book was the way it spiraled outward, each story bringing the reader farther into the margins of town, farther from the apparent heart of the community. By the time the chapters come back to the center, back to the bar and Willa Moon, it's clear that neither a place nor a person is the center of this community, but rather an unanswered need, a void.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780684801117
Author:
Hendrie, Laurie
Publisher:
Scribner Paperbook Fiction Book
Location:
New York :
Subject:
City and town life
Subject:
Colorado
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Subject:
Colorado Fiction.
Subject:
General Fiction
Copyright:
1995
Series Volume:
ch.90
Publication Date:
19951101
Binding:
TP
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
240
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