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Original Title: Collected Stories of Carson McCullers
ISBN: 0395925053 (ISBN13: 9780395925058)
Edition Language: English
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Collected Stories Paperback | Pages: 416 pages
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Title:Collected Stories
Author:Carson McCullers
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Anniversary Edition
Pages:Pages: 416 pages
Published:September 15th 1998 by Mariner Books (first published 1987)
Categories:Short Stories. Fiction. Classics. Gothic. Southern Gothic. Literature. American

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Carson McCullers--novelist, dramatist, poet--was at the peak of her powers as a writer of short fiction. Here are nineteen stories that explore her signature themes: wounded adolescence, loneliness in marriage, and the tragicomedy of life in the South. Here too are "The Member of the Wedding" and "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe," novellas that Tennessee Williams judged to be "assuredly among the masterpieces of our language." (A Mariner Reissue)

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I only read The Haunted Boy for my Anthology piece and it was great!! Gave me a new perspective on what I was reading and writing about.

This review is only of the short stories not included in The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories, which Ive reviewed here.*After reading a comment praising the short story The Haunted Boy, I decided to read all the stories in this volume that I hadnt read before. Several are considered apprentice stories, but I dispute that label for The Aliens, an impressive story that has stuck with me more than any of the others. I also think The Orphanage, despite some insightful passages, isnt a

4.5 stars for the collection, 4 stars for THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING, 4.5 for "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe."McCullers' writing is on the whole excellent (in particular, she is wonderful at creating characters atmosphere and at capturing characters through dialect) and very insightful about human nature and relationships. Her work tends to be darker and/or more disturbing than I generally like, with characters that, though excellently crafted tend to be very flawed, sometimes to the point of being

My only experience with Carson McCullers till about 6 months ago were the two films made from her books Member of the Wedding and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. I have read those which were so brilliant, I just finished this short story collection, which contained also the novellas Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Member. McCullers had the fortune to be a very complex person which translated to her writing in such a way, I would call her a literary psychologist. This author had more insight into people

Worth the price of admission for "Ballad of the Sad Cafe" and "A Member of the Wedding" alone.

This review is only of the short stories not included in The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories, which Ive reviewed here.*After reading a comment praising the short story The Haunted Boy, I decided to read all the stories in this volume that I hadnt read before. Several are considered apprentice stories, but I dispute that label for The Aliens, an impressive story that has stuck with me more than any of the others. I also think The Orphanage, despite some insightful passages, isnt a

Though I enjoy much of McCuller's writing, I prefer her novels more and consider them far-surpassing her shorter works. I felt I was running out of time and therefore had to abandon what still remains in this book for me unread.