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I am nearly halfway through this intriguing work, but the rich, ultrametaphorical language has slowed me down.

Learning about so many more writers in the genre. I love the editors' essays that precede each story.

My reading is a slog, only because the short stories (here an oxymoron) are so dense and convoluted. When your darkest heart soul chamber opens and demons captive there escape through a hole in your metaphysical bricks and mortar, horrified, you realize you are peeking into the terrifying world of William Vollmann's mind.

This masterful storyteller has let fly his darkest visions and gloomiest notions of humanity. Only 440 some pages to go.

After reading Love Medicine, I should have been prepared for Erdrich's brutally honest style, but almost every short story I've read thus far in this collection reverberates with frank insights and jolting revelations.

We can count on Erdrich to sensitize us to the travails, aspirations, and relationships of Great Plains Native Americans. Starting her story, 'The Plunge of the Brave.'

It's winter and Carlo has lots of free time on his hands. If the prefect limits his contacts with the town, he's happy to be on his own.

It's winter and Carlo has lots of free tie on his hands. If the prefect limits his contacts with the town, he's happy to be on his own.

"Gagliano mi represe e richiuse, come l'acqua verde di un pantano raccoglie la rana..."

Although this collection of short stories spans more than two decades of Erdrich's writing, so far the two pieces I've read are powerfully relevant. They address social ills and dislocation that pertain to our contemporary lives.

Ma, col brigantaggio, la civilta' contadina difendeva la propria natura, contro quell'altra civilta' che le sta contro e che, senza comprenderla, eternamente la assoggetta

Ci vuole il dizionario, ma lo leggo passo a passo. I'm reading it again in Italian, many years after I read it as a college student in Firenze. I find it compelling now that my view of history is more panoramic and compassionate.

Ci vuole il dizionario, ma lo leggo passo a passo. I'm reading it again in Italian, many years after I read it as a college student in Firenze. I find it compelling now that my view of history is more panoramic and compassionate.

I delay reaching the last page, simply because I don't want the story to end. I care less about the 'challenge' than I do about the characters' development.

I'm reading it again in Italian, many years after I read it as a college student in Firenze. I find it compelling now that my view of history is more panoramic and compassionate.