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Trilobiti: i dodici racconti di un grande scrittore by Breece D'J Pancake

almartin's review against another edition

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5.0

hunting shotguns whores hollows rivers mines hounds trucks engines bars fights trailers mountains farms foxes families yearning love regret.
words, as Pancake continually reminds me, are the tools of art, not the product. -Tim Heffernan
I’d been hearing about Pancake for years, mostly from other writers. It was a connoisseur’s recommendation, like being given the name of delicious but hard-to-find bourbon from a friend in the liquor trade. -Jon Michaud
the dream - or at least a dream, appropriate apologies to Ms. Dunham - is that when you walk into a bookstore or fire up your spotify-netflix-amazon recommendation engine you will be clued into a treasure; art of such clarity and grace that it reveals as-yet-unmapped horizons, now demanding to be explored. better still if said art is forgotten, under-appreciated, lost to history

-- your own personal attic stuffed full of treasures.

it would be hyperbolic to say that Breece Pancake's stories are that treasure - but they're certainly selling bags of peanuts outside that ballpark, at the minimum.

writermattphillips's review against another edition

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5.0

Yeah. Pretty brilliant.

steve_sanders's review against another edition

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5.0

These stories only get better(and more relevant) with age. Is there a closer analogue to Buddy Holly in American literature than Breece Pancake?

jalalslava's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

tsenteme's review against another edition

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4.0

Ποτέ δεν μου άρεσαν ιδιαιτέρως τα διηγήματα. Αυτή η περίπτωση όμως ήταν τελείως διαφορετική. Καθένα από τα 12 διηγήματα ήταν πλούσιο σαν ένα μυθιστόρημα. Εξαιρετικά ταλαντούχος ο συγγραφέας, ο οποίος από την πρώτη λέξη με έβαζε στο κλίμα της ιστορίας.

Μου θύμισε σε αρκετά σημεία John Steinbeck. Κρίμα που δεν έζησε περισσότερο, θα μπορούσε να αφήσει εποχή. Αντιπροσωπευτικό δείγμα καλής αμερικάνικης λογοτεχνίας, με την οποία αν και δεν είμαι ιδιαίτερα εξοικειωμένος, ωστόσο με συναρπάζει.

Πολύ προσεγμένη δουλειά από τις εκδόσεις Μεταίχμιο. Για πρώτη φορά εντυπωσιάστηκα από τις σημειώσεις στο πίσω μέρος ενός βιβλίου - πλήρως κατατοπιστικές και ενδιαφέρουσες. Θεωρώ, τέλος, ότι η μετάφραση ήταν άριστη, αν και έχοντας να κάνει με ντόπιους ιδιωματισμούς.

physicalsecrets's review against another edition

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dark sad slow-paced

2.5


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lookhome's review against another edition

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5.0

A Strongly recommended, great short story writer. Believable, realistic and filled with a quiet awareness of the human condition.

georgiepeorgie's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

fhy's review against another edition

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challenging reflective medium-paced

3.0

nickreallylovestoread's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0