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The Fiction of Ellen Gilchrist: An Appreciationby Brad Hooper
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Winner of the National Book Award for her short story collection Victory Over Japan, Ellen Gilchrist has entertained audiences with her vivid fictional portraits of strong women, eccentric lives, and the difficulties of love and life. Known both for her short fiction and her novels, Gilchrist has been awarded several honors throughout her career, and her work continues to receive both critical and popular acclaim. This book examines her fiction, book by book, and offers an appreciation of her craft through a careful analysis of the stories themselves, their critical reception, and their lasting effect on the reader. Hooper offers the first complete evaluation of Gilchrist's entire fiction oeuvre.
Book News Annotation:Hooper, adult books editor for Booklist Magazine, examines each of
Gilchrist's works of fiction and offers an appreciation of her craft
through an analysis of her stories, their critical reception and
their lasting effect on the reader. He focuses on Gilchrist's feisty
female characters and dissects her strengths and weaknesses as a
short fiction writer and a novelist, concluding that Gilchrist's
strengths lie primarily in her short stories.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:Winner of the National Book Award for her short story collection Victory Over Japan, Ellen Gilchrist has entertained audiences with her vivid fictional portraits of strong women, eccentric lives, and the difficulties of love and life. Known both for her short fiction and her novels, Gilchrist has been awarded several honors throughout her career, and her work continues to receive both critical and popular acclaim. This book examines her fiction, book by book, and offers an appreciation of her craft through a careful analysis of the stories themselves, their critical reception, and their lasting effect on the reader. Hooper offers the first complete evaluation of Gilchrist's entire fiction oeuvre.
Synopsis:Offers an appreciation of Ellen Gilchrist's fiction through an examination of common themes, techniques, and ideas. About the AuthorBRAD HOOPER is Adult Books Editor for Booklist Magazine. He has published several short stories, essays, and reviews in various pubications, and he is the author of The Short Story Readers' Advisory: A Guide to the Best. Table of ContentsIntroducing Ellen Gilchrist Gilchrist's Short Story Debut (In the Land of Dreamy Dreams) Gilchrists First Novel (The Anunciation) Short Story Smashes (Victor Over Japan, Drunk with Love) Slight of Hand (The Anna Papers, I Cannot Get You Close Enough) More Visits with Recurrent Characters (Light Can Be Both Wave and Particle) Two Hits and a Miss (Net of Jewels, Starcarbon, Anabasis) Hitting Her Stride in Stories in Novels (Age of Miracles, Rhoda, Courts of Love, Sarah Conley) Even More Story Collections (Flights of Angels, The Cabal and other stories) A Testament to Her Contribution and Further Evidence of Her Talent (Collected Stories; I, Rhoda Manning, Go Hunting with My Daddy) Conclusion What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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