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I'm jumping around, reading shorter pieces first. Most is fiction, but there are essays and letters in here. "The World's Champion Elevator Operator" is deservedly famous. "Finlandia" is beautiful. "A Cold Day" has good advice for short story writers. "The Parsley Garden" is great, "The Hummingbird That Lived Through the Winter" is a sweet vignette. Good: Fable IX, Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze.
— May 25, 2015 02:31PM
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Good stuff, will update later with additional stories read.
— Jun 08, 2015 01:42PM
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The Beggars - a kind of recounting of beggars, if you've traveled any and paid attention to buskers and beggars, you may recognize yourself in this.
The Filipino and the Drunkard - a very short story, broadly written, unfortunately still painfully relevant.
— May 25, 2015 03:06PM
The Filipino and the Drunkard - a very short story, broadly written, unfortunately still painfully relevant.
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Just wanted to add, Saroyan is difficult to quote in a few lines. Because there is so much context in each line. He's like Saramago that way - you need to read a whole paragraph or page to see the irony and humor.
"... but when you start to mock, you say to hell with the truth. Nobody's telling the truth, so why should I?" ~A Cold Day
— May 25, 2015 02:35PM
"... but when you start to mock, you say to hell with the truth. Nobody's telling the truth, so why should I?" ~A Cold Day
