pickThe title story,My Father's Tears,stands out in particular.In the scene at the beginning,you can feel the son's anticipation of college life freedom clashing with the father's sadness of separation. Updike doesn't need dramatic words to convey this. Sentences like “I was going somewhere, and he was seeing me go. I was growing in my own sense of myself, and to him I was getting smaller” are enough. Wonderful collection of short stories.
pickI really enjoy Samanta Schweblin's style in her novels and apparently in her short stories, too. Her characters are vivid and flawed and get into such bizarre predicaments that are somehow totally logical. As a bonus, two of the narrators of this audiobook are people I've met through narrator networking, which is fun.
pickThis collection is a pick, even though I averaged only 3/5 among all the stories. It‘s a great introduction to Poe which concludes in his more famous work. The narration is solid and clear. Definitely a Poe fan after reading this collection.
#EdgarAllanPoe #TheCompleteShortStories #TheRaven #audiobook
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Iconic Poe. Loved the rhythm and the feel of this one so much.
#EdgarAllanPoe #TheRaven #NarrativePoem #Poem #poetry
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A slow descent into madness.
#EdgarAllanPoe #TheTellTaleHeart #shortstory
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A vain man who refuses to wear his glasses. His name says it all. Because of his vanity, he ends up marrying his great-great-grandmother. Couldn‘t stop laughing at him.
#EdgarAllanPoe #TheSpectacles #shortstory
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An ancient Egyptian mummy electrocuted back to life. They spoke to the mummy in Egyptian about all sorts of topics. Explores the idea that not everything was invented by Europeans.
#EdgarAllanPoe #SomeWordsWithAMummy #shortstory #sciencefiction #scifi
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Metaphysics with Poe? Poe‘s visit to the Dead Philosophers Society? The Dead Philosophers Society reads Poe? I don‘t know, this is definitely tied with The Masque of the Red Death. This definitely turns on all the brain cells and gets you thinking.
#EdgarAllanPoe #MesmericRevelation #shortstory #philosophy #metaphysics #deadphilosophersociety
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Poe‘s version of The Decameron, where the rich revellers are hunted down by the plague and killed. This is justice! Love it. This is my absolute favourite, by far, so far.
#EdgarAllanPoe #TheMasqueOfTheRedDeath #shortstory
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