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Collected Stories
For the first time, a compilation of Ellen Gilchrist's best & best-loved short stories, selected by the author herself from her fifteen previous works of fiction. With the publication of 1983's The Annunciation, Ellen Gilchrist established herself as a teller of charming, bittersweet tales of the modern South. Since then, her works of fiction - sixteen in all - have built ...more
Hardcover, 576 pages
Published
December 14th 2000
by Little Brown and Company
(first published December 2000)
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This book gave me faith in the idea of recurring characters in short stories (something I've decided to try myself since reading this collection). Gilchrist works magic by writing stories about recurring characters at various ages in their lives; for example, we get Rhoda Manning stories when Rhoda is ten years old and when Rhoda is in her fifties and looking back on her life. I absolutely love all of the Norah Jane stories and look forward to reading the collection which is made entirely of s...more
A great introduction to this wonderful southern writer.
and re-read in the early summer of 2009
I love Ellen Gilchrist. Her stories are vivid and full of life. After reading a few of them, you want to dive into her world. I just had my Freshman class read "Starlight Express" and they all said they wanted the story to be longer! I think that is a good sign from a bunch of 14 year olds.
Gilchrist's writing goes down a little easier than Amy Hempel's because Gilchrist's characters lack the teeth and her prose (mostly) lacks the bite of Hempel's. Nevertheless, all of the stories in this book are a joy to read, and what fun to follow some of the same characters throughout their lives.
I am re-reading Ellen Gilchrist. I love Traceleen's character and especially the story, Traceleen Turn's East, from Light is Both Wave and Particle.
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