“Stories like beautiful black diamonds. Someone has cut you while you were dreaming, slipped them into your muscles, your mind. You may never...
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Sep 09, 2010
Tim
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I bought this collection after reading the story "In a Bear's Eye" in one of my classes. It's such a beautiful story that I'd recommend getting the collection to read that alone. (There are cheap/used copies on Amazon). But overall, there were only four other stories that I liked: "Pan, Pan, Pan," "The Only Light to See By," "Whitely on the Tips," and "Real Enough."
The ones I didn't like left me confused in the same way a lot of poetr More...
The ones I didn't like left me confused in the same way a lot of poetr More...
Jun 24, 2008
Matt
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I saw this one sitting on the new shelf at the local library and was intrigued by it but already had too many books out to take it out on that day. Of course, when I went back it was checked out. By my girlfriend!
Happy synchronicity aside, this is really a remarkable collection of stories. The language is attention-getting and nearly opaque, the stories cover a broad range of characters (one I read today: a man who shot a bear as a kid wears the bearskin on a midnight canoe trip to a More...
Happy synchronicity aside, this is really a remarkable collection of stories. The language is attention-getting and nearly opaque, the stories cover a broad range of characters (one I read today: a man who shot a bear as a kid wears the bearskin on a midnight canoe trip to a More...
Jul 12, 2009
The title story is the best short story I've read in the last ten years. Hands down.
Jul 06, 2009
Robert
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I only read a handful of the stories in this book and decided to stop. Nothing against the author -- she's a very good writer, but the stories themselves (at least the ones I read) didn't do much for me.
Nov 27, 2009
Lisa
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I didn't get it. It gets two stars because I very much enjoyed one story, but for the most part, I was scratching my head going 'huh.' Perhaps another reading years from now will help.
Feb 17, 2009
Alan
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some good - even great - stories like the title one, The Lost Breed, Aunt Germaine (which I remember reading on Vestal Review), but others I hust couldn't get into at all..
May 08, 2008
Suzanne
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I've never read Yannick Murphy before and I really appreciated her ability to be so sparing with her words. Loved the title story! A heartbreaker.
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