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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent -- as usual,
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This review is from: Secrets & Surprises (Paperback)
Why doesn't anyone read these books? Every time I'm on Amazon I look up intelligent, literate books and NO ONE has written about them. Can't people read books other than those that win the literary prizes.Anyhow...this is an excellent collection by Beattie. It was her second collection after DISTORTIONS. Although several stories use the present tense and portray emotionally dead people, none of them are the minimalist, four-paragraph type story that crop up in her next collection, THE BURNING HOUSE. All the Beattie trademarks are here: excellent dialogue, sparse but evocative detail, and surprising humor in unlikely spots. I've recently begun to reread this collection in hopes of writing an essay on Beattie's fiction, and I've discovered how finely crafted and structured these stories are. Clearly, she's more than a distinctive prose style. I look forward to PERFECT RECALL, coming out in early 2001.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beattie is always a good read,
By Sadie "Student" (Charlottesville, Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Secrets & Surprises (Paperback)
Ann Beattie is a prolific and intelligent writer. She was the darling of her generation but much of what she writes continues to be meaningful today. Read her work carefully as each word is chosen deliberately and not everything is what it seems to be. This is not really a beach read but not a difficult read either.
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Secrets and Surprises by Ann Beattie (Mass Market Paperback - May 1983)
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