Status
Available
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Publication
Little, Brown and Company (1984), Edition: First Edition
Description
Fourteen stories focus on a group of southern women who seek happiness and a sense of worth in bars, marriages, divorces, art, drug use, lovers' arms, and earthquakes.
Media reviews
"Nerve" in Gilchrist's work is not a narrow thread. It is present in her unadorned sentences, her unfailing ear, her clear and unsentimental gaze and in the attention paid to lust. In these fourteen stories, rash behaviors make for bold characterizations: The danger zones into which these
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deliciously flawed southern women trespass are ruled by money, passion, and the disappointments delivered by mothers, marriage, and men. Show Less
User reviews
LibraryThing member etxgardener
I love Ellen Gilchrist and have read most of what she has written. However, I had never read the book for which she won the National Book Award.
Gilchrist usually writes short stories as opposed to a conventional novel. However, the same cast of characters weave in and out of all of her stories so,
Soome of these stories I have read in other collections of her work and some are brand new to me. But the characters, Rhoda, Nora Jean, Crystal & Traceleen are like members of my family who I love to visit over and over again.
Gilchrist usually writes short stories as opposed to a conventional novel. However, the same cast of characters weave in and out of all of her stories so,
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in the end, they seem like old friends.Soome of these stories I have read in other collections of her work and some are brand new to me. But the characters, Rhoda, Nora Jean, Crystal & Traceleen are like members of my family who I love to visit over and over again.
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Subjects
Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — Fiction — 1984)
American Book Award (Fiction — 1984)
Notable Books List (1984)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1984
Physical description
8.1 inches
ISBN
0316313076 / 9780316313070
Local notes
Fiction