Shawn's review
The Dead Fish Museum: Stories
by Charles D'Ambrosio
Shawn's review
The Dead Fish Museum: Stories by Charles D'Ambrosio
Shawn's review
rating:
These stories are just so well-made in every traditional measure: character, setting, scene and plot. He's not doing anything experimental here, just working the vein of realist fiction -- with an occasional dash of magic -- and creating the payoff for the reader of experiencing a richly felt world through language. His subjects are familiar and often fall into the Hemingway vein of manly endeavor -- hunting, nature, etc. -- but each piece simply feels substantial, as though D'Ambrosio goes one step further with everything than most other writers would -- each defining characteristic, each scene, each surprising development along the way.
