This collection of Anderson's short stories shows that at their best his stories echo the language and pace of a man talking to his friends. They explore the isolation of the individual and capture the emotional undercurrents hidden beneath ordinary events.
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Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941) was an American novelist and short story writer. His most enduring work is the short story sequence Winesburg, Ohio. Writers he has influenced include Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and John Steinbeck, among others.
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Short Stories Must Be Finely Crafted,
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This review is from: The Egg and Other Stories (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) (Paperback)
Anytime we get a chance to read something by one of Hemingway and Faulkner's mentors, it's bound to be a unique treat, but this book will surprise you if you haven't read Anderson before. His delicate use of pathos and delicious sense of humor feel so contemporary. We Loved "The Egg" especially as it seemed to capture the American entreprenurial spirit and its often discouraging results with an especially humorous irony. Faulkner was right--short stories require more of a writer, as every word must forward the author's intent, and Anderson's success here proves that, like Hemingway, he may have been a better short story writer than novelist.
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Sherwood Anderson should be more well-known,
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This review is from: The Egg and Other Stories (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) (Paperback)
I love reading short stories, and I think this is the best collection of stories I've ever read. I hope I get these titles right: I think especially notable are A Death In The Woods, The Corn Planting, Brother Death, The Other Woman, and The Masterpiece. There's not a bad story in here, and there are like 30 stories. I find Anderson's simple prose to be enchanting. His characterization is his strongest point; eighty years ago, he wrote characters to whom I can relate and understand today.
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How do you define failure and success in life?,
This review is from: The Egg and Other Stories (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) (Paperback)
Sherwood Anderson knew the definition of such matters. In 'The Egg' (great story!), he uses allegory storytelling and an egg to create the definition of success in failure in rural America. The 'EGG' is representational of possibilities and oppurtunities, and creating that gilded goal so many look for, and in the story, sometimes lose focus of. A must read!
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