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pattydsf's review against another edition
4.0
Many years ago, Carson McCullers was one of my favorite authors. I read much of what she had written, including The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and A Member of the Wedding. I have to admit that I hadn't given her much thought in recent years.
My book group decided to read A Member of the Wedding and The Ballad of the Sad Cafe. Both are in this volume. I had forgotten McCullers' way with words. I had forgotten how I felt what Frankie was going through as I read that story. There were a number of stories in this collection that I could really identify with the characters.
I did find some of the stories a bit tedious, so it took me awhile to finish the book. Even with that, I highly recommend this collection. When McCullers was writing well as in "Sucker" and "Wunderkind" her words do great things to your brain.
This is recommended to lovers of Southern literature, short story readers and those who have missed these classic stories.
My book group decided to read A Member of the Wedding and The Ballad of the Sad Cafe. Both are in this volume. I had forgotten McCullers' way with words. I had forgotten how I felt what Frankie was going through as I read that story. There were a number of stories in this collection that I could really identify with the characters.
I did find some of the stories a bit tedious, so it took me awhile to finish the book. Even with that, I highly recommend this collection. When McCullers was writing well as in "Sucker" and "Wunderkind" her words do great things to your brain.
This is recommended to lovers of Southern literature, short story readers and those who have missed these classic stories.
nglofile's review against another edition
2.0
read "The Orphanage", "Correspondence", and "Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland"
This is at least my second attempt with McCullers (I read The Member of the Wedding years ago), and I just don't seem to connect. I want to, but perhaps I need to read some literary criticism to better understand her purported mastery.
This is at least my second attempt with McCullers (I read The Member of the Wedding years ago), and I just don't seem to connect. I want to, but perhaps I need to read some literary criticism to better understand her purported mastery.
pjv1013's review against another edition
4.0
Um volume com doze contos de Carson McCullers, seleção e tradução de Ana Teresa Pereira. Belos textos de uma autora que tenho vindo a descobrir e que me levou mais uma vez a viajar para os espaços do sul dos Estados Unidos. Gostei particularmente de “Sucker” e “Quem viu o vento?”. Deste último conto retiro este pedaço:
“No entanto houvera uma altura (há quanto tempo?) em que uma canção na esquina, uma voz da infância, eram suficientes para que a paisagem da memória condensasse o passado, de forma que o acaso e o presente se transfiguravam num romance, numa história; houvera uma altura em que a página vazia evocava e selecionava as memórias e ele sentia um domínio fantasmagórico da sua arte. Uma altura, afinal, em que era uma escritor e escrevia quase todos os dias. Trabalhando duro, dividia cuidadosamente as frases, mal escritas e substituía as palavras repetidas.”
“No entanto houvera uma altura (há quanto tempo?) em que uma canção na esquina, uma voz da infância, eram suficientes para que a paisagem da memória condensasse o passado, de forma que o acaso e o presente se transfiguravam num romance, numa história; houvera uma altura em que a página vazia evocava e selecionava as memórias e ele sentia um domínio fantasmagórico da sua arte. Uma altura, afinal, em que era uma escritor e escrevia quase todos os dias. Trabalhando duro, dividia cuidadosamente as frases, mal escritas e substituía as palavras repetidas.”
luciabooksnstuff's review against another edition
4.0
Wunderkind - 5⭐️
Uma árvore, uma rocha, uma nuvem - 3,5⭐️
Um dilema doméstico - 5⭐️
O rapazinho assombrado - 5⭐️
Quem viu o vento? - 4⭐️
Sucker - 3⭐️
Um pátio em West Eighties - 3⭐️
Um sopro vindo do céu - 3⭐️
Um instante da hora seguinte - 5⭐️
Se é assim - 5⭐️
Os estranhos - 3,5⭐️
Fragmento sem título - 3⭐️
Bastante interessante de forma geral. Gostei bastante da escrita da autora. Sem duvida que vou querer ler mais.
Uma árvore, uma rocha, uma nuvem - 3,5⭐️
Um dilema doméstico - 5⭐️
O rapazinho assombrado - 5⭐️
Quem viu o vento? - 4⭐️
Sucker - 3⭐️
Um pátio em West Eighties - 3⭐️
Um sopro vindo do céu - 3⭐️
Um instante da hora seguinte - 5⭐️
Se é assim - 5⭐️
Os estranhos - 3,5⭐️
Fragmento sem título - 3⭐️
Bastante interessante de forma geral. Gostei bastante da escrita da autora. Sem duvida que vou querer ler mais.
blueyorkie's review against another edition
4.0
McCullers's explorations in the dynamics between "home and away" began with her adolescent studies of classical music and her great love of classic literature. She cites the Southern writer William Faulkner as an enticement and Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Flaubert, and her contemporary Isak Dinesen.
lawyergobblesbooks's review against another edition
5.0
See my review at http://www.whatbookshouldireadtoday.com/2007/08/as-goth-as-it-gets.html
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