4 fantastic shorts
anna
Oct 29, 2024 5:39 AM
This was my first Graham and it's a solid collection of 4 gripping and evocative short stories. Each has an engaging plot, robust characters, and thought-provoking views on just about everything.
Oct 29, 2024 5:39 AM
This was my first Graham and it's a solid collection of 4 gripping and evocative short stories. Each has an engaging plot, robust characters, and thought-provoking views on just about everything.
They're all fantastical in some way or the other and it seems like these stories are markedly different from Greene's usual writing style and themes. I've had End of An Affair on my TBR for quite some time and I'm curious to experience Greene's range.
My favorite story in this collection was A Discovery in The Woods.
I did find some of the views expressed in the collection questionable & I'm still trying to reconcile Greene's politics with these views. It seems like I have further reading on the cards.
2 Comments
1 year ago
These stories sound interesting. I love Greene's prose, but his moral stances tend to give me the ick, especially when his religion comes to the fore (End of the Affair being the prime example of the ones I've read). I'd like to check out his non-fiction, his travel writing, at some point.
1 year ago
I'm not quite aware of his moral stances because I haven't read anything else by him but I'm guessing that's exactly what shone through in bits and pieces. I couldn't tell if my mind is in the gutter or if he's just making observations. I do think some of the most problematic people have great prose and that's always such a tug of war. Hate it! I didn't know he's taken a stab at travel-writing but let me know if you find it worth reading!