One long hot summer, Eveline drowns a wasps' nest, and while digging amongst the tiny corpses makes a sinister discovery; a university professor ar...
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Mar 24, 2008
Bethany
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Wow.
I never used to be a fan of short stories. Usually when I read them, I felt like I was just getting to know the characters and familiarize myself with what was going on, and then the story would end and it would be time to acclimate myself to a new one. Over the past couple of years though, I’ve started to change my views on short stories. I’ve come to realize that when written well, a short story can really make an impact.
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I never used to be a fan of short stories. Usually when I read them, I felt like I was just getting to know the characters and familiarize myself with what was going on, and then the story would end and it would be time to acclimate myself to a new one. Over the past couple of years though, I’ve started to change my views on short stories. I’ve come to realize that when written well, a short story can really make an impact.
Clare Wigfall is a gifted writer, who’s s More...
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Oct 05, 2011
Ethel
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I bought a dozen new books at the 12th Cork International Short Story Festival, all short story collections. Last night, I finished Clare Wigfall’s debut collection The Loudest Sound and Nothing (Faber & Faber, 2007). It’s an interesting, eclectic collection rich with seventeen diverse stories and a plethora of characters. I especially appreciated how Clare ended her stories–often on a downbeat and someplace surprising and unexpected, and always satisfying.
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Sep 12, 2008
Annaliese
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I'm admittedly biased, since this is the first book I've read that was published by a friend of mine, but it's also really good! If you like literature and short stories check it out. There is a treasure trove of incredibly varied and hanting tales. I still can picture so many of them vividly, from mentally simple characters living in an isolated world on the north islands in G.B. to road trips through the south to find hope.
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Apr 01, 2010
Margaret
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I liked this book, but I didn't love it. I loved the first paragraph, I loved the first two stories (and the last one).I think that Clare Wigfall is a really talented writer who I'm really happy to have discovered, but to me, this debut collection contains a few stories which just don't rise to the high level Wigfall sets for herself in "The Numbers," and "The Parrot Jungle." That's hardly a damning criticism...this is definitely a book worth reading and a writer worth watchi
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Nov 12, 2011
Jonfaith
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Tihana posted me this two days ago: such is alwasy a treat. I am no great admirer of story collections but this one was affecting for the most part.
Jun 22, 2011
Alan
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Is it me or do some of these stories need further development - e.g. the title story seems a bit half baked to me. Also 'Folks Like Us' adds nothing to what is already well known about Bonnie & Clyde, similarly 'Night after Night'with wartime Britain. However the stories that do work: the wasps one, Caro at the Pool, The Numbers (and many more) are very good indeed. So maybe I'm being a bit mean and it should be 4 stars except I expected more from the National Short Story Award winner(yes it's j
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Jan 29, 2012
Mew
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Not the best collection I've ever read. I normally rush through short stories and have to limit myself but I found that I had reading this for four months. they just didn't grab me.
May 07, 2010
Jackie
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This book of short stories was written by our Creative Writing teacher. She read us some of the short stories while she was teaching us. The stories are quite inventive and well written.
Jan 29, 2012
Elise
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Yiyun recommended this book for the first story, but I can't get the one about rats and babies out of my head.
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