A review by wtb_michael
The Collected Stories by Grace Paley

5.0

What a spectacular collection! Paley is funny, warm, political and innovative, with a brilliant turn of phrase, a real love for her characters and the ability to do more in 10 pages than most novelists manage in 300. Reading this reminded me of reading [b:A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories|22929586|A Manual for Cleaning Women Selected Stories|Lucia Berlin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1437827518l/22929586._SX50_.jpg|42499118] - that feeling, from the first story, that you were reading a classic. A good reminder to occasionally step back from the flood of new releases - classics are classics for a reason.