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renuked's review against another edition
4.0
Short, but creepy and haunting. The tragic tale of a woman's harsh, unforgiving life seen through the eye's of a narrator who draws parallels between his own life. The death is eerie, mysterious, and unforgettable as the dogs, (or more wolves really) circle around her for one last feeding.
arayofreading's review against another edition
Read "Death in the Woods"; wow, I'm impressed, I didn't think I would like it that much. Anderson's really good at reflecting upon the state of America
demetrastavridou's review against another edition
5.0
Ένα αριστούργημα για την "ηττημένη ανθρωπότητα των γκροτέσκων". Εκπληκτικό, πραγματικά.
zoes_human's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
5.0
I love Sherwood Anderson so much. He speaks to the isolated part of me. His stories resonate with my experience of not belonging—not in the neighborhoods I grew up in, not with with my own family, not with my social circles, and not with the socio-economic class that I maneuvered my way into as an adult.
No one writes about separateness like he does. These stories touch some truth I know inside my soul every time I read them - in particular "In a Strange Town".
No one writes about separateness like he does. These stories touch some truth I know inside my soul every time I read them - in particular "In a Strange Town".
maedo's review against another edition
1.0
I think that Sherwood Anderson at his best is an incredible writer. Check out Winesburg, Ohio, the title story in this collection, or any of his stories on the topic of women for proof of this, especially "There She Is -- Taking Her Bath". But aside from the title story and all of his other stories of womanhood -- full of that Jazz Age combination of charm, insight, and sexism -- I found at least half of this collection really tough to get into or care about. Stories of so-called "mountain people," conveyed in Anderson's direct prose, without ornament, are decidedly not for me.
Anderson's strength lies in those stories he tells from the first person point of view, when his brevity hints at the delusions and desperation of his characters without the melodrama that kills other short stories from the perspective of desperate people. "There She Is--Taking Her Bath" was my favorites of the collection for this reason. Anderson could also unsettle with the best of the Southern writers. I'm thinking O'Connor mostly. The scene of the dogs circling a dying woman, who "lived to feed animal life," as a death ritual in "Death in the Woods" gave me chills, it was so perfect.
I wish all of the stories in this collection could have had the same magic. They aren't bad, just...meh.
Anderson's strength lies in those stories he tells from the first person point of view, when his brevity hints at the delusions and desperation of his characters without the melodrama that kills other short stories from the perspective of desperate people. "There She Is--Taking Her Bath" was my favorites of the collection for this reason. Anderson could also unsettle with the best of the Southern writers. I'm thinking O'Connor mostly. The scene of the dogs circling a dying woman, who "lived to feed animal life," as a death ritual in "Death in the Woods" gave me chills, it was so perfect.
I wish all of the stories in this collection could have had the same magic. They aren't bad, just...meh.
crescent1202's review against another edition
4.0
Death in the Woods
I read this story for a project in my AP Literature class, and as a person who doesn't like being told what to read I didn't expect to like this short story as much as I did. This story teaches a valuable lesson-that sometimes the good-natured die at the hands of an endless cycle. The good natured being the woman, Mrs. Grimes and the endless cycle being the feeding. Feeding in a literal sense and a figurative sense. She feeds the German farmer and his wife, she feeds her husband and her son, and post-death she feeds her dogs (or rather they take the food that she had just attained). She has been taken advantage of in a vicious cycle despite being a woman who does not question the authority of those around her or attempt to rebel. In a figurative sense the people are "feeding" off her vulnerability. The theme of this story is both disheartening and fascinating. Not only is the theme shown through Mrs. Grimes own difficulties but through the growth of the narrator as he recounts her story.
I read this story for a project in my AP Literature class, and as a person who doesn't like being told what to read I didn't expect to like this short story as much as I did. This story teaches a valuable lesson-that sometimes the good-natured die at the hands of an endless cycle. The good natured being the woman, Mrs. Grimes and the endless cycle being the feeding. Feeding in a literal sense and a figurative sense. She feeds the German farmer and his wife, she feeds her husband and her son, and post-death she feeds her dogs (or rather they take the food that she had just attained). She has been taken advantage of in a vicious cycle despite being a woman who does not question the authority of those around her or attempt to rebel. In a figurative sense the people are "feeding" off her vulnerability. The theme of this story is both disheartening and fascinating. Not only is the theme shown through Mrs. Grimes own difficulties but through the growth of the narrator as he recounts her story.
lyricallit's review against another edition
3.0
I actually only read the title story from this collection. Interesting story with an investigation into the human condition through storytelling and perspective.
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