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Title: Things That Fall from the Sky (Vintage Contemporaries (Paperback)) by Kevin Brockmeier ISBN: 0-375-72769-8 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: I was quite excited to read Kevin Brockmeier's Things That Fall from the Sky after I was exposed to his work in BASS and O'Henry (both stories I liked). That being said, I couldn't get through most of the remaining collection. Brockmeier often has lengthy, over-telling passages that state, too obviously, his themes. I imagine this reflects his background as a children's writer, but for the literary scene, it's far too much telling and makes the reader feel as though Brockmeier doesn't trust them to GET IT on their own. He'd be wonderful if he just SAID less...
Wouldn't recommend to my students at this point.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent.
Comment: We were assigned to read "The Ceiling" and The Truth About Celia (novel), and with those two read, I had to buy this book. Kevin Brockmeier is an extraordinary writer, and I wait anxiously for his next book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Interstitial fiction at its best
Comment: In this extraordinary collection, Brockemeier effortlessly crosses borders between many different modes of writing -- realism, surrealism, fantasy, mystery, fable, fairy tale -- to create sharply insightful stories that have much to say about modern life and the surreal world we live in. Tender, funny, painful, and deeply moving, I highly, highly recommend this collection to all fans of interstitial fiction.
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Title: The Truth About Celia : A novel by KEVIN BROCKMEIER ISBN: 0375421351 Publisher: Pantheon Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: City of Names by Kevin Brockmeier ISBN: 0670035653 Publisher: Viking Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Little Black Book of Stories by A.S. BYATT ISBN: 1400041775 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 20 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: Oracle Night : A Novel (AUSTER, PAUL) by Paul Auster ISBN: 0805073205 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Pub. Date: 02 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Vanishing Point by David Markson ISBN: 1593760108 Publisher: Shoemaker & Hoard Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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