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Ida Finks first collection of stories, A Scrap of Time, was universally hailed as a masterpiece. Traces continues Finks portrait of life in Nazi-occupied Poland, of men and women otherwise buried in... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0374280223
ISBN13:9780374280222
Release Date:July 1991
Publisher:Farrar Straus Giroux
Length:207 Pages
Weight:0.88 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.5"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Beckett by way of a hurricane?
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
I was first exposed to Mr. Powell's writing in a class I'm taking called "Progressive Fiction." Though the book was a bit difficult to find, the pursuit was well worth it. I'm not sure the best way to do this author justice, actually. He has a bit of Beckettian absurdity, but also a Raymond Carver sense of the downtrodden. Putting the two together results in some idiosyncratic insights. I also appreciate that he seems to be a "geographical" writer. His short-short stories with titles like "Texas", "Kansas", South Carolina" evoke a sense of place that really doesn't need more than the 2 or 3 pages he takes to convey it. My favorite stories were the title story, "Mr. Irony" and "Wayne's Fate," but the story "Texas" actually inspired me to write something of my own along the lines he set out. A must-read for any fiction writer as well as any reader who appreciates formal and linguistic play.
Fabulous
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Silly sharp word play, gritty settings, piercing problems, and deadly accuracy keep these stories soaring high. A funny, deadpan, searching, and haunting collection by a stylist with a big heart. Yummy.
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