06.Feb.2010 Short Saturday: Borges and Nabokov
In Short Saturday I will journal my journey to find 5-star quality short stories, whose virtual trophy right now is held by Truman Capote and Haruki Murakami. Unlike my book reviews, I will talk more about my thoughts and what I learn, why I choose the story and how I come upon it. Unlike books, [...]
30.Jan.2010 Short Saturday: Murakami, Borges, and Babel
In Short Saturday I will journal my journey to find 5-star quality short stories, whose virtual trophy right now is only held by Truman Capote for A Christmas Memory. Unlike my book reviews, I will talk more about my thoughts and what I learn, why I choose the story and how I come upon it. [...]
22.Jan.2010 Short Saturday: Carver, Moore, and Chekhov
In Short Saturday I will journal my journey to find 5-star quality short stories, whose virtual trophy right now is only held by Truman Capote for A Christmas Memory. Unlike my book reviews, I will talk more about my thoughts and what I learn, why I choose the story and how I come upon it. [...]
16.Jan.2010 Short Saturday: Brodkey, Munro, and Kundera
In Short Saturday I will journal my journey to find 5-star quality short stories, whose virtual trophy right now is only held by Truman Capote for A Christmas Memory. Unlike my book reviews, I will talk more about my thoughts and what I learn, why I choose the story and how I come upon it. [...]
02.Dec.2009 Raymond Carver and Cathedral
Ever since I read A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote, which completely blew me away, I’ve been meaning to look for more short stories that could give me the same level of magic. Know that I was (or still am) not a fan of short stories, but I’m feeling much more positive after that ONE [...]
03.Oct.2009 Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote and the Movie
New York 1940s. Playgirl Holly Golightly captures the heart of everybody that passes her path. Our narrator, Fred — as she calls him, is a shy wannabe writer. Neighbours at first, they start to develop a unique relationship.
Holly is all charm — the type that men want but can’t have, free as a bird. Along [...]
21.May.2009 Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
Tales from Outer Suburbia is a collection of short stories. Some very short (a page or two), some a bit longer. And how fantastic they are! I love love love these stories! Or should I say the illustrations. I’m not sure which I like more: the artwork or the stories. They’re both amazing. I often [...]
30.Nov.2008 Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
I’d like to say that this is probably the last Banana Yoshimoto’s that I would read. I read Lizard a while back and didn’t quite like it. I don’t understand how she got to be so famous outside of Japan (or in), because I think her stories are nothing but ordinary. Ordinary. Ordinary. And the [...]
11.Jul.2008 Lizard by Banana Yoshimoto
The books is titled 蜥蜴 (とかげ, tokage) in Japanese, literally means lizard.
This is the second collection of short stories that I read. First was Interpreter of Maladies. Again, I’m still not sure if I like short stories. With Lizard, I didn’t keep looking to see how many pages I had left, like I did with [...]
04.Jul.2008 Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
This is the first full book of short stories collection that I’ve read. I’m not so sure yet if I like short stories. They’re okay, but most of the time, they’re just too short. When the stories started, I kept thinking how they would end. Because they end in about 20-30 pages, which is very [...]
