Reviews

New Penguin Book Of American Short Stories: from Washington Irving to Lydia Davis by Kasia Boddy

souslesignedelalune's review

I won't rate it because I've only read the 6 short stories that were part of the syllabus which are:

The little man in black by Washington Irving [2★]

- This story wasn't bad, I just didn't like it. It's about a village who doesn't accept the new guy in town. It's about death & ostracism


The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe [4★]

i heard all things in heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell.

- tw: graphic murder


The Real Right Thing by Henry James [2★]

- it could have been better
- Young journalist is asked to write the biography of his dead best friend, his ghost won't let him alone. Is he there to help or for something else?
- also about if you should write about the truth + what is the truth?


The Untold Lie by Sherwood Anderson [3★]

- the destiny of two men, one old, one young, as they decide what they should do with their lives
- what's the better choice ?
- set in a rural town

tw: pregnancy


A Late Encounter with the Enemy by Flannery O'Connor [2★]

- about a girl who wants everyone to know about her grandpa who was a general in his youth but things aren't as they seem...

tw: death


The Communist by Richard Ford [2★]

- just a guy and a boy killing geese and having different opinions about life i guess