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A review by scarlettletters
Selected Short Stories by William Radice, Rabindranath Tagore
3.0
This is the first book in my attempt at reading more diversely this year. I think the author won the Nobel Prize earlier in the 20th century. The most interesting thing about the stories was how different the setting was, and how many different cultural assumptions were present. They really did take place in a completely different world.
My favorite story was probably the first on in the collection; it had a creepy, almost Lovecraftian vibe to it. Most of the stories ended on pretty bleak notes. I mean, the "happiest" one still had someone die at the end, it's just that his death led to closure (and continued poverty) for one of the other characters.
So anyway, this is way outside my reading comfort zone and I'm glad I read it, but I would not describe it as "my thing."
My favorite story was probably the first on in the collection; it had a creepy, almost Lovecraftian vibe to it. Most of the stories ended on pretty bleak notes. I mean, the "happiest" one still had someone die at the end, it's just that his death led to closure (and continued poverty) for one of the other characters.
So anyway, this is way outside my reading comfort zone and I'm glad I read it, but I would not describe it as "my thing."