Sunday Best [Paperback]

N. Barry Carver (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2001

A curious collection of short writings from an unpredictable storyteller. Personal vignettes are sandwiched between bits of Sci Fi and Historical Fiction - with a couple plays and poems to boot. "Sunday Best" is a wonderful flexing of the writing muscle.

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This is a very limited first edition.

I am working now on a new, as yet untitled, collection of shorts.

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About the book... Sunday Best is a collection of brief visits with creativity (some poems and short plays are also included). An assortment of works throwing bits of insight into what makes us all tick or ticklish.

There are pieces simply to delight you... while others may hold up an uncomfortable mirror to our own actions. There are even a few stories which contain a concrete 'moral' but it is never exactly what the reader is expecting.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 140 pages
• Publisher: Booklocker.com (December 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591130735
• ISBN-13: 978-1591130734
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,697,791 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Carver Cuts Like a Knife, March 4, 2002

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Billy DaMota (Glendale, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sunday Best (Paperback)

The first time I read a Barry Carver "Sunday Story" I was transfixed, trapped by the words - yet somehow freer than I'd ever felt before. The words took me to another place, another time, another reality. The "Carver" reality. And I liked it there.

Each Sunday promised another voyage into the past, or the future, or into a place in time I had never been, into the ether of a different, yet familiar reality. Sometimes the trip was painful, sometimes joyful, but each journey was always a profound experience - one which urged me to ponder - to wonder. Each Sunday offered me an invitation to a world I never new existed, yet to which I always longed to travel - and return often.

Carver makes a splash with a his savvy new book, filled with thorougly enjoyable, thought provoking observations.

A must read...any day of the week!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Writing Provides Great Reading, February 20, 2002

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Paul Molinaro (Chino Hills, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sunday Best (Paperback)

"In the beginning there was" one message every Sunday... yes, actually, I was there in the beginning... reading Mr. Carver's essays as they popped up on an internet board... one essay every Sunday... for month after month. After two weeks I was hooked and waited impatiently for the third essay... after a few more weeks, it became part of my Sunday ritual... check the internet to see just what Barry's fingers typed that day. And I never knew what to expect... except that it would be unique, incredibly witty and could range from hysterical to downright tear-jerking. This is one of those books you have to read to appreciate (as opposed to the other kind of book)... now that it's available in one big gulp, for the first time reader, may I suggest taking it in little sips... read one essay each Sunday and give yourself a Sunday treat with "Sunday Best."

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4.0 out of 5 stars Eclectic lessons from a fertile pen (processor), February 14, 2002

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jimcheval (North Hollywood, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sunday Best (Paperback)

I read most of these 'Sunday Messages' when they first appeared - every Sunday, as advertised, on a Web site.

What's a Sunday Message? Part parable, part short story, possible meditation or pure verbal riff. It might take place in the present, the future, the past or some unknown space. Usually it has a moral, sometimes right in your face, sometimes wheedling its way under your skin, sometimes hovering a logical link out of reach.

Why would you enjoy these? Some, because you'll be tickled that someone could find a profound lesson in what seems to be a bit of science fiction, a boyhood musing or a battlefield saga. Some, just because they're funny. Some, because they'll loosen your mind a little without quite letting it drift into space.

Will you love 'em all? Hell no. In fact, precisely because you LOVE a few, you may well be put off by others. There's a lot of exploration going on here. A lot of play. A lot of skill. A lot of creativity. A lot of specifics. A lot of concepts.

Not a bad thing to dip into on a Sunday, no? That day when even the unreligious often look for another angle on the world, and themselves.

Lots of angles here. Take a look.

You may find this angler's got you hooked.

Jim Chevallier