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alisarae 's review for:
The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story
by John Freeman
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
So many great stories in this anthology! Here were my favorites:
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K Le Guin - TFW you realize your comfort comes at the exploitation of others
The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich - A guy's brother has PTSD
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien - War is always personal.
The Hermit's Story by Rick Bass - Just a really beautiful meditation on nature and hope
A Temporary Matter by Jhumpa Lahiri - Gut. Punched.
The Penthouse by Andrew Holleran - How NYC, and gay subculture, has gentrified
The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu - Heart. Broken. (2nd time reading this)
The Dune by Stephen King - Look, Stephen King really does write better sober.
The Great Silence by Ted Chiang - Chiang is one of the few geniuses of our time.