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I was looking forward to reading this short story collection because it has been on my shelf for some years. Coover is a clever writer who enjoys displaying his virtuosity by varying styles from one story to another and interjecting authorial comment to remind the reader that fiction is a construct. He reminds me of Italo Calvino and Angela Carter, but I get a lot of enjoyment out of reading both of those writers, whereas I found this collection heavy going. There were only a couple of stories,
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A clever author, Robert Coover, from Iowa gives us this book of short stories or whatever they are. Some are rewrites of fairy tales and Bible stories and some are just repeated imaginations of various scenarios. Perhaps a good writing exercise that the author turned to profits. Not really my cup of tea.
Mar 23, 2012
Mekki
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Mar 31, 2016
Bryan--The Bee’s Knees
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Anna Fennell
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Karen
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Jamie Barringer (Ravenmount)
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