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Midair [Paperback]

Frank Conroy (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)


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  • Paperback
  • Publisher: EP Dutton & Company; Advance Uncorrected Proof edition (1985)
  • ASIN: B000TQYIDU
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,941,002 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Conroy Soars, May 25, 2008
"Midair" is a masterful collection of stories by the long-time director of the prestigeous Iowa Writers' Workshop (teaching home also of the wonderful Pulitzer-winner Marilynne Robinson). Anyone who appreciates the short-story form will not be disappointed in this collection. Conroy was at the top of his craft when he rendered these stories, but he always remained honest and direct, humble to the point of being self-effacing. Like his riveting childhood memoir, "Stop-time", "Midair" will always remain a favorite. As the great jazz bassist Charlie Mingus once remarked, about Conroy's piano playing, "...you swing!" "Midair" swings!
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0 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars just another book, July 18, 2004
wellyou can ask me why 2 stars - I did not like it. Actually the second story called "Celestial Event" is quite touching but other than that everything is very ordinary. I could not find any reason to remember any of the stories.
Short stories may have twist in the end or they keep an open end and once you read it then for days you can think about the possible endings to bring it to an end and that is the fun. here either that open end or the twist is absent so why do I need to read it? I do not want to read abook to be dragged into my old prosaic life. I want to escape by reading and this book does not show me that route to escape.
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