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American mystery writers and the fellow craftsmen who inspired them are collected here in a unique pairing of literary master and apprentice, which includes selections from Stephen King, Tony Hillerman, and Joyce Carol Oates, among many others. Reprint.
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1998
About the author
Lawrence Block
742 books3,063 followersLawrence Block has been writing crime, mystery, and suspense fiction for more than half a century. He has published in excess (oh, wretched excess!) of 100 books, and no end of short stories.
Born in Buffalo, N.Y., LB attended Antioch College, but left before completing his studies; school authorities advised him that they felt he’d be happier elsewhere, and he thought this was remarkably perceptive of them.
His earliest work, published pseudonymously in the late 1950s, was mostly in the field of midcentury erotica, an apprenticeship he shared with Donald E. Westlake and Robert Silverberg. The first time Lawrence Block’s name appeared in print was when his short story “You Can’t Lose” was published in the February 1958 issue of Manhunt. The first book published under his own name was Mona (1961); it was reissued several times over the years, once as Sweet Slow Death. In 2005 it became the first offering from Hard Case Crime, and bore for the first time LB’s original title, Grifter’s Game.
LB is best known for his series characters, including cop-turned-private investigator Matthew Scudder, gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, globe-trotting insomniac Evan Tanner, and introspective assassin Keller.
Because one name is never enough, LB has also published under pseudonyms including Jill Emerson, John Warren Wells, Lesley Evans, and Anne Campbell Clarke.
LB’s magazine appearances include American Heritage, Redbook, Playboy, Linn’s Stamp News, Cosmopolitan, GQ, and The New York Times. His monthly instructional column ran in Writer’s Digest for 14 years, and led to a string of books for writers, including the classics Telling Lies for Fun & Profit and The Liar’s Bible. He has also written episodic television (Tilt!) and the Wong Kar-wai film, My Blueberry Nights.
Several of LB’s books have been filmed. The latest, A Walk Among the Tombstones, stars Liam Neeson as Matthew Scudder and is scheduled for release in September, 2014.
LB is a Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America, and a past president of MWA and the Private Eye Writers of America. He has won the Edgar and Shamus awards four times each, and the Japanese Maltese Falcon award twice, as well as the Nero Wolfe and Philip Marlowe awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Diamond Dagger for Life Achievement from the Crime Writers Association (UK). He’s also been honored with the Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award from Mystery Ink magazine and the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement in the short story. In France, he has been proclaimed a Grand Maitre du Roman Noir and has twice been awarded the Societe 813 trophy. He has been a guest of honor at Bouchercon and at book fairs and mystery festivals in France, Germany, Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Spain and Taiwan. As if that were not enough, he was also presented with the key to the city of Muncie, Indiana. (But as soon as he left, they changed the locks.)
LB and his wife Lynne are enthusiastic New Yorkers and relentless world travelers; the two are members of the Travelers Century Club, and have visited around 160 countries.
He is a modest and humble fellow, although you would never guess as much from this biographical note.
Born in Buffalo, N.Y., LB attended Antioch College, but left before completing his studies; school authorities advised him that they felt he’d be happier elsewhere, and he thought this was remarkably perceptive of them.
His earliest work, published pseudonymously in the late 1950s, was mostly in the field of midcentury erotica, an apprenticeship he shared with Donald E. Westlake and Robert Silverberg. The first time Lawrence Block’s name appeared in print was when his short story “You Can’t Lose” was published in the February 1958 issue of Manhunt. The first book published under his own name was Mona (1961); it was reissued several times over the years, once as Sweet Slow Death. In 2005 it became the first offering from Hard Case Crime, and bore for the first time LB’s original title, Grifter’s Game.
LB is best known for his series characters, including cop-turned-private investigator Matthew Scudder, gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, globe-trotting insomniac Evan Tanner, and introspective assassin Keller.
Because one name is never enough, LB has also published under pseudonyms including Jill Emerson, John Warren Wells, Lesley Evans, and Anne Campbell Clarke.
LB’s magazine appearances include American Heritage, Redbook, Playboy, Linn’s Stamp News, Cosmopolitan, GQ, and The New York Times. His monthly instructional column ran in Writer’s Digest for 14 years, and led to a string of books for writers, including the classics Telling Lies for Fun & Profit and The Liar’s Bible. He has also written episodic television (Tilt!) and the Wong Kar-wai film, My Blueberry Nights.
Several of LB’s books have been filmed. The latest, A Walk Among the Tombstones, stars Liam Neeson as Matthew Scudder and is scheduled for release in September, 2014.
LB is a Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America, and a past president of MWA and the Private Eye Writers of America. He has won the Edgar and Shamus awards four times each, and the Japanese Maltese Falcon award twice, as well as the Nero Wolfe and Philip Marlowe awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Diamond Dagger for Life Achievement from the Crime Writers Association (UK). He’s also been honored with the Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award from Mystery Ink magazine and the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement in the short story. In France, he has been proclaimed a Grand Maitre du Roman Noir and has twice been awarded the Societe 813 trophy. He has been a guest of honor at Bouchercon and at book fairs and mystery festivals in France, Germany, Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Spain and Taiwan. As if that were not enough, he was also presented with the key to the city of Muncie, Indiana. (But as soon as he left, they changed the locks.)
LB and his wife Lynne are enthusiastic New Yorkers and relentless world travelers; the two are members of the Travelers Century Club, and have visited around 160 countries.
He is a modest and humble fellow, although you would never guess as much from this biographical note.
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June 13, 2024
Günümüz polisiyesinin ustalarından Lawrence Block'un hazırladığı seçkiye 22 polisiye gerilim yazarı ikişer öyküyle katılmış. Yazarlar önce kendi öykülerinden en sevdiklerini, sonra bir başka yazarın keşke ben yazsaydım dedikleri öyküsünü seçmişler, her iki seçim için de kısa açıklamalar yapmışlar.
Öykülerin hepsi aynı kalitede değil, bazılarında parlak fikirler var ancak bana göre iyi işlenememiş. Bununla birlikte Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Donald Westlake, Jacques Futrelli, Ed Gorman, Stephen Crane, Bill Pronzini, İan Rankin ve Jack Ritchie'nin öykülerini beğendim, keyifle okudum.
Ama bana kalırsa röportaj tekniğini başarıyla kullandığı öyküsüyle Evan Hunter, boş bulunduğun bir anda karnına yediğin yumruk kadar can acıtan dramatik öyküsüyle Robert Turner ve soft bir anlatımı fark ettirmeden sertleştiren usta işi anlatımıyla Lawrence Block bu seçkinin kralları olmuş.
Yeni yazarlar tanımaya imkan veren, polisiye-gerilim-suç tarzında öykü okumayı sevenler ya da bu türlerde yazmayı amaçlayıp ilham arayanlar için hazine niteliğinde bir antoloji olan Ustaların Seçtikleri'ni tavsiye ederim.
Öykülerin hepsi aynı kalitede değil, bazılarında parlak fikirler var ancak bana göre iyi işlenememiş. Bununla birlikte Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Donald Westlake, Jacques Futrelli, Ed Gorman, Stephen Crane, Bill Pronzini, İan Rankin ve Jack Ritchie'nin öykülerini beğendim, keyifle okudum.
Ama bana kalırsa röportaj tekniğini başarıyla kullandığı öyküsüyle Evan Hunter, boş bulunduğun bir anda karnına yediğin yumruk kadar can acıtan dramatik öyküsüyle Robert Turner ve soft bir anlatımı fark ettirmeden sertleştiren usta işi anlatımıyla Lawrence Block bu seçkinin kralları olmuş.
Yeni yazarlar tanımaya imkan veren, polisiye-gerilim-suç tarzında öykü okumayı sevenler ya da bu türlerde yazmayı amaçlayıp ilham arayanlar için hazine niteliğinde bir antoloji olan Ustaların Seçtikleri'ni tavsiye ederim.
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May 14, 2016Mystery stories by writers and the Masters who inspired them.
001 - Introduction - Lawrence Block
005 - Stephen King - "The Wedding Gig"
019 - Joyce Carol Oates - "Murder Two"
041 - Peter Lovesey - "The Crime Of Miss Oyster Brown"
057 - Donald E. Westlake - "Too Many Crooks"
071 - Harlan Ellison - "Tired Old Man"
088 - Jacques Futrelle - The Problem Of Cell 13"
121 - Ed Gorman - "En Fam1lle"
131 - Stephen Crane - "The Blue Hotel"
157 - Joan Hess - "Another Room"
165 - Judith Garner - "Trick Or Treat"
169 - John Lutz - "High Stakes"
182 - W. F. Harvey - "August Heat"
187 - Bill Pronzini - "Souls Burning"
196 - Benjamin Appel - "Murder Of the Frankfurter Man"
201 - Tony Hillerman - "First Lead Gasser"
213 - Joe Gores - "Goodbye, Pops"
221 - Lawrence Block - "How Far It Could Go"
234 - John O'Hara - "In A Grave"
001 - Introduction - Lawrence Block
005 - Stephen King - "The Wedding Gig"
019 - Joyce Carol Oates - "Murder Two"
041 - Peter Lovesey - "The Crime Of Miss Oyster Brown"
057 - Donald E. Westlake - "Too Many Crooks"
071 - Harlan Ellison - "Tired Old Man"
088 - Jacques Futrelle - The Problem Of Cell 13"
121 - Ed Gorman - "En Fam1lle"
131 - Stephen Crane - "The Blue Hotel"
157 - Joan Hess - "Another Room"
165 - Judith Garner - "Trick Or Treat"
169 - John Lutz - "High Stakes"
182 - W. F. Harvey - "August Heat"
187 - Bill Pronzini - "Souls Burning"
196 - Benjamin Appel - "Murder Of the Frankfurter Man"
201 - Tony Hillerman - "First Lead Gasser"
213 - Joe Gores - "Goodbye, Pops"
221 - Lawrence Block - "How Far It Could Go"
234 - John O'Hara - "In A Grave"
May 11, 2019
I found this 1999 short story anthology to be surprisingly deep. I did not care for the Tony Hillerman or Judith Garner stories, but the other sixteen were interesting, thoughtful, and engaging.
The premise of the anthology is simple. Editor Lawrence Block asked nine bestselling authors to choose a favorite story that they wrote, paired with a story written by another author they admire.
"The Wedding Gig" by Stephen King-- A Prohibition-era jazz singer witnesses a gangland slaying outside Chicago. The author published this in 1980, back when he was known only as a horror writer, but he shows here he could also master historical crime fiction.
"Murder-Two" by Joyce Carol Oates -- An emotionally disturbed teenage boy is accused of killing his mother; he is defended by an attorney who attended school with the mother and harbors complicated feelings about them both. Like many of Oates' stories, the plot feels slow because she spends so much time describing the inner impressions (and obsessions) of each character. By the time you finish, you feel like you know them as well as if you had read an entire novel.
"The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown" by Peter Lovesey -- A funny British cozy about a spinster who commits a meaningless crime—reusing an un-cancelled postage stamp—which leads to dire unforeseen consequences.
"Too Many Crooks" by Donald Westlake-- Series character Dortmunder tunnels into a bank vault only to discover the bank is in the process of being robbed by another group of thieves, who promptly take him hostage. The charm of this deadpan comedy is how Dortmunder extracts himself and the money out from under the noses of a squad of police officers.
"Tired Old Man" by Harlan Ellison -- A West Coast writer meets an old man at a cocktail party who unnerves him more than he thought possible. Ellison based this strange, emotional story on a real-life conversation he had with Cornell Woolrich.
"The Problem of Cell 13" by Jacques Futrelle--Professor Augustus Van Dusen, known as the Thinking Machine, is locked in a maximum security prison for one week and must use his wits to find a way to escape. Written in 1905, this is the first and most well-known of Futrelle’s series detective character.
"En Famille" by Ed Gorman--This story relates three generations of addiction, death, and murder in under eight pages. Noir doesn’t get any more hardboiled or tighter than this.
"The Blue Hotel" by Stephen Crane--In this classic American short story from 1898, five men are sequestered in a prairie town hotel during a snowstorm. When the only foreigner in the group, a Swede, accuses a young Nebraskan boy of cheating at cards it instigates a series of events that culminate in murder. This story examines America’s frontier culture of male bravado, it’s deep-rooted distrust of immigrants, and the notion that every murder is a collaboration of many individuals.
"Another Room" by Joan Hess--A woman comes home from work to find a mysterious new bedroom in her one-room apartment. She is drinking constantly throughout this intriguing story, which allows it to be read as either a supernatural tale or a macabre drunken downward spiral into despair.
"Trick or Treat" by Judith Garner--An English village is visited by a grim little girl on Oct 30, in a gruesome trial run for Halloween night. I might have enjoyed this nasty little story but I couldn’t get over the repeated assertion that trick or treating is an American tradition. It was actually invented in Dublin, Ireland.
"High Stakes" by John Lutz--Ernie flees two loan sharks trying to kill him by stepping out his hotel window onto a six-inch ledge twelve stories above street level. This story rivals Jack Finney’s more famous “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pockets” for visceral man-on-a-ledge suspense.
"August Heat" by W. F. Harvey--A painter sketches the face of a man who will be convicted of murder. Meanwhile, the man in the sketch is carving a gravestone with the painter’s name on it. Neither knows the other, but their fates will be intertwined before the end of the day. This well-known story is more horror than crime. It is memorable, but I did not like the way it is left open-ended. The reader knows what must happen, but the details how are left to the imagination.
"Souls Burning" by Bill Pronzini--The series character Nameless Detective reunites with a former informant, fresh out of prison, one the eve of a city tragedy. This story is dark, concise, effective noir
"Murder of the Frankfurter Man" by Benjamin Appel--A family man looks back fondly on his juvenile delinquent days when he and his gang of middle school friends harassed and finally killed a poor Greek hot dog vendor.
"First Lead Gasser" by Tony Hillerman--An AP news writer tells the sad childhood story of a murderer executed in Sante Fe's gas chamber. Feels maudlin and dated.
"Goodbye, Pops" by Joe Gores-- A dying judge is visited on his deathbed by his two sons, one a successful bank president and the other an escaped convict. In only a few pages, the author draws a nuanced portrait of family dynamics.
"How Far It Could Go" by Lawrence Block -- A man and woman discuss over dinner how easy it might be to commit a murder. Decent but predictable.
"In a Grove" by John O'Hara -- Two former Hollywood rivals, Richard and Grady, meet by chance and decide to have a drink to catch up on old times. An odd, tragic game of one-upmanship ensues after Richard tries to embarrass his wife and Grady responds to her flirtations. Interesting characters, but it feels like the connective causal tissue of the story got edited out at some point in an attempt to make it more literary. It also feels like something Richard Albee or John Cheever might have written.
The premise of the anthology is simple. Editor Lawrence Block asked nine bestselling authors to choose a favorite story that they wrote, paired with a story written by another author they admire.
"The Wedding Gig" by Stephen King-- A Prohibition-era jazz singer witnesses a gangland slaying outside Chicago. The author published this in 1980, back when he was known only as a horror writer, but he shows here he could also master historical crime fiction.
"Murder-Two" by Joyce Carol Oates -- An emotionally disturbed teenage boy is accused of killing his mother; he is defended by an attorney who attended school with the mother and harbors complicated feelings about them both. Like many of Oates' stories, the plot feels slow because she spends so much time describing the inner impressions (and obsessions) of each character. By the time you finish, you feel like you know them as well as if you had read an entire novel.
"The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown" by Peter Lovesey -- A funny British cozy about a spinster who commits a meaningless crime—reusing an un-cancelled postage stamp—which leads to dire unforeseen consequences.
"Too Many Crooks" by Donald Westlake-- Series character Dortmunder tunnels into a bank vault only to discover the bank is in the process of being robbed by another group of thieves, who promptly take him hostage. The charm of this deadpan comedy is how Dortmunder extracts himself and the money out from under the noses of a squad of police officers.
"Tired Old Man" by Harlan Ellison -- A West Coast writer meets an old man at a cocktail party who unnerves him more than he thought possible. Ellison based this strange, emotional story on a real-life conversation he had with Cornell Woolrich.
"The Problem of Cell 13" by Jacques Futrelle--Professor Augustus Van Dusen, known as the Thinking Machine, is locked in a maximum security prison for one week and must use his wits to find a way to escape. Written in 1905, this is the first and most well-known of Futrelle’s series detective character.
"En Famille" by Ed Gorman--This story relates three generations of addiction, death, and murder in under eight pages. Noir doesn’t get any more hardboiled or tighter than this.
"The Blue Hotel" by Stephen Crane--In this classic American short story from 1898, five men are sequestered in a prairie town hotel during a snowstorm. When the only foreigner in the group, a Swede, accuses a young Nebraskan boy of cheating at cards it instigates a series of events that culminate in murder. This story examines America’s frontier culture of male bravado, it’s deep-rooted distrust of immigrants, and the notion that every murder is a collaboration of many individuals.
"Another Room" by Joan Hess--A woman comes home from work to find a mysterious new bedroom in her one-room apartment. She is drinking constantly throughout this intriguing story, which allows it to be read as either a supernatural tale or a macabre drunken downward spiral into despair.
"Trick or Treat" by Judith Garner--An English village is visited by a grim little girl on Oct 30, in a gruesome trial run for Halloween night. I might have enjoyed this nasty little story but I couldn’t get over the repeated assertion that trick or treating is an American tradition. It was actually invented in Dublin, Ireland.
"High Stakes" by John Lutz--Ernie flees two loan sharks trying to kill him by stepping out his hotel window onto a six-inch ledge twelve stories above street level. This story rivals Jack Finney’s more famous “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pockets” for visceral man-on-a-ledge suspense.
"August Heat" by W. F. Harvey--A painter sketches the face of a man who will be convicted of murder. Meanwhile, the man in the sketch is carving a gravestone with the painter’s name on it. Neither knows the other, but their fates will be intertwined before the end of the day. This well-known story is more horror than crime. It is memorable, but I did not like the way it is left open-ended. The reader knows what must happen, but the details how are left to the imagination.
"Souls Burning" by Bill Pronzini--The series character Nameless Detective reunites with a former informant, fresh out of prison, one the eve of a city tragedy. This story is dark, concise, effective noir
"Murder of the Frankfurter Man" by Benjamin Appel--A family man looks back fondly on his juvenile delinquent days when he and his gang of middle school friends harassed and finally killed a poor Greek hot dog vendor.
"First Lead Gasser" by Tony Hillerman--An AP news writer tells the sad childhood story of a murderer executed in Sante Fe's gas chamber. Feels maudlin and dated.
"Goodbye, Pops" by Joe Gores-- A dying judge is visited on his deathbed by his two sons, one a successful bank president and the other an escaped convict. In only a few pages, the author draws a nuanced portrait of family dynamics.
"How Far It Could Go" by Lawrence Block -- A man and woman discuss over dinner how easy it might be to commit a murder. Decent but predictable.
"In a Grove" by John O'Hara -- Two former Hollywood rivals, Richard and Grady, meet by chance and decide to have a drink to catch up on old times. An odd, tragic game of one-upmanship ensues after Richard tries to embarrass his wife and Grady responds to her flirtations. Interesting characters, but it feels like the connective causal tissue of the story got edited out at some point in an attempt to make it more literary. It also feels like something Richard Albee or John Cheever might have written.
December 29, 2015
How to rate a short story book? Some stories were great, and some were ...
Here's my list of stories worth reading from this book.
-The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown
-Too Many Crooks
-Tired Old Man
-The Problem of Cell 13
-En Famille
-Trick or Treat
Here's my list of stories worth reading from this book.
-The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown
-Too Many Crooks
-Tired Old Man
-The Problem of Cell 13
-En Famille
-Trick or Treat
July 11, 2026
I absolutely absolutely love the idea of this book, published in 1999 (hey, the year I graduated high school): celebrated, contemporary authors, choosing short story of their own, and a short story written by an author who influenced them, both in the mystery genre. I like quite a bit of the stories in this collection, but quite a few of them were absolutely not “mystery” stories. The very first story, titles “The Wedding Gig” which happens to be by one of my favorite authors, Stephen King, made me a bit nervous as it absolutely has nothing to a do with a mystery, but does involve gangsters. In fact, many of the stories in this collection were crime or thriller stories with little to no mystery involved at all. I am still giving this a three because many of the stories were interesting, but I can’t give it more than that because it doesn’t actually live up to the subtitle/tagline on the cover.
May 16, 2019
Usta yazar Block'un parmağını bile kıpırdatmadan, başka yazarları çalıştırarak ortaya çıkardığı iki ciltlik (Türkçe edisyonu tek ciltte toplanmış halde) başarısıdır Ustaların Seçtikleri kitabı.
Kitap bir çok ünlü polisiye gerilim yazarının kendilerinin en beğendiği öyküyü ve bu yazarları en çok etkileyen öyküyü içeriyor. İki öyküden önce her yazar bu öyküleri seçme nedenini ya da yazma sürecini anlatan kısa bir de giriş yazmış.
İçinde çok başarılı öykülerin olduğu bu kitap ismini daha önce duymadığınız pek çok yazarla tanışma, farklı dünyaları keşfetme şansı verdiği için ayrıca etkileyici.
Kitap bir çok ünlü polisiye gerilim yazarının kendilerinin en beğendiği öyküyü ve bu yazarları en çok etkileyen öyküyü içeriyor. İki öyküden önce her yazar bu öyküleri seçme nedenini ya da yazma sürecini anlatan kısa bir de giriş yazmış.
İçinde çok başarılı öykülerin olduğu bu kitap ismini daha önce duymadığınız pek çok yazarla tanışma, farklı dünyaları keşfetme şansı verdiği için ayrıca etkileyici.
August 28, 2023
Seven crime writers introduce two stories, their own favorite and their favorite from a writer who inspired them. There are a lot of gems here - I particularly liked the stories from Peter Lovesy and his choice, Donald Westlake, and I'm looking forward to reading more of Judith Garner and W.F. Harvey. It's the brief introductions of the 'masters' that are very telling - most writers (like Lovesy, and Stephen King) have a few sentences of very personal, lovely, high praise for their selection; some only spend a few dismissive words ('this story is like my story'); but Harlan Ellison (delightfully, and unsurprisingly), spent five pages writing about himself.
March 14, 2019
It was an enjoyable read and a good introduction to authors I've not previously read it also leads me in new directions as I troll used bookstores. However, it is titled as "mystery stories", and I don't think that's wholly accurate. It has interesting character studies and some twist or surprise endings but not actually mysteries. That doesn't diminish the quality of the stories, just a heads up if you're strictly looking for a collection of mysteries.
June 5, 2020
Bonne idée que de regrouper des nouvelles préférées de 13 auteurs choisies parmi celles qu'ils ont écrites et, en plus, de leur demander de choisir chacun une nouvelle d'un autre auteur qui les a marqués.
Bien sûr, comme tout recueil de nouvelles, il y en a des meilleures que d'autres. Celles incluent dans cette compilation son en générale de très bon calibre. Bonne lecture!
Bien sûr, comme tout recueil de nouvelles, il y en a des meilleures que d'autres. Celles incluent dans cette compilation son en générale de très bon calibre. Bonne lecture!
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January 27, 2021Nine author’s of short stories, select one of their own favorites. They then select a short written by a favorite lesser-known author. Some were good.
July 12, 2024
Non so se sia la traduzione, ma alcuni racconti non sono granché.
December 6, 2024
Mavi Otel (Zeplin):
Hemingway’in öneri listesinde yer alan Crane öyküleri için aldığım iki kitaptan ilki; Zeplin’den çıkan Mavi Otel’de “tiyatral” haricinde göze çarpan bir hata göremedim ve bu öykü daha keyifliydi. Hemingway’in neden beğendiği belli: Atmosferi çok iyi geçiriyor okura Crane, olan bitenin etkisinden daha keskin “orada olmak” hissiyatını vermekteki başarı.
Hemingway’in öneri listesinde yer alan Crane öyküleri için aldığım iki kitaptan ilki; Zeplin’den çıkan Mavi Otel’de “tiyatral” haricinde göze çarpan bir hata göremedim ve bu öykü daha keyifliydi. Hemingway’in neden beğendiği belli: Atmosferi çok iyi geçiriyor okura Crane, olan bitenin etkisinden daha keskin “orada olmak” hissiyatını vermekteki başarı.
September 12, 2011
questo libro è pessimo, c'è sola una storia all'interno che vale la pena leggere e il bello è che non è nemmeno una storia horror...
"il problema della cella numero 13"
"il problema della cella numero 13"
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