The Skull of Charlotte Corday: And Other Stories
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Book Overview
A brilliant and chilling collection of short stories that descends into the deeper recesses of the human mind and maps the bizarre and troubling byways of human history. Dark, witty, and entertaining,... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0684834391
ISBN13:9780684834399
Release Date:October 1997
Publisher:Scribner Book Company
Length:221 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"
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Contemporary Fiction Literature & Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Short StoriesCustomer Reviews
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Not for everyone, good for what it is
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This book is very intelligent - both ostentatiously and aggressively so. It caresses your expectations for a few moments, then proceeds to shock. It is not light fiction, and it is deeply exploratory of the animal side of the female nature and its clashes with the spiritual and intellectual. I find many of the conclusions sophomoric in the extreme. Their presentation, however, is well and creatively constructed. Sadly, the creativity ends just there. Dick is a stylist, but she has a long way to go before she could be a real storyteller. The movement of the stories do not carry you along sufficently to be classed as fun; instead they are writing excercises. The spark of life is missing, leaving a taste of dissatisfaction somewhere at the end, despite the engaging structure.I am very glad that I read this book, but doubt that I will ever feel a need to do so again.
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