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God: Stories
In a fresh approach to an age-old discussion, an esteemed editor of the Atlantic Monthly collects twenty-five dazzling short stories by eminent writers about spiritual experiences of all sorts. With works by John Updike, Philip Roth, Louise Erdrich, James Joyce, Flannery O'Connor, James Baldwin, Alice Munro, and more, God: Stories offers insight, solace, and pleasure not o...more
Paperback, 416 pages
Published
November 15th 2003
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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I read most of the short stories in this book and enjoyed the majority of them. I couldn't get through all because I have a thing about short stories. Just when I'm into the plot or the characters, boom, the story ends. Hence the term "short" stories, but for some reason that jolt of "Wow, that's it?" every time starts to get to me. Most of the stories I did read, like stated, were very good however. I noted a few of the authors who I'd like to check out further. I like...more
This is a collection of 25 short stories by well known authors (Baldwin, Munro, Updike, O'Connor, etc) that are about God - sometimes loosely. I liked some of the stories very much, others I just couldn't finish. I did like the idea of the book very much - it would be a perfect discussion book.
My favorite story was "A Father's Story" by Andre Dubus. The story has many levels, only one of them being the relationship of fathers and daughters. For me, however, it was the discu...more
My favorite story was "A Father's Story" by Andre Dubus. The story has many levels, only one of them being the relationship of fathers and daughters. For me, however, it was the discu...more
God: Stories is a compilation of short fiction with themes of spirituality and religion.
Overall, I did not like this book, as I was either uninterested in, didn't appreciate the characters, or didn't "get" most of the stories. Of the 25 short stories in the book, I only liked 10 of them. The stories I enjoyed were: "A New Life" (Mary Ward Brown), "A Father's Story" (Andre Dubus), "The Knife" (Brendan Gill), "The Question of Rain" (W...more
Overall, I did not like this book, as I was either uninterested in, didn't appreciate the characters, or didn't "get" most of the stories. Of the 25 short stories in the book, I only liked 10 of them. The stories I enjoyed were: "A New Life" (Mary Ward Brown), "A Father's Story" (Andre Dubus), "The Knife" (Brendan Gill), "The Question of Rain" (W...more
I'm still not a fan of short stories, but this collection was better than the last set I read.
And I liked the not all the short stories were about Christianity.
And I liked the not all the short stories were about Christianity.
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