| Shiloh and Other Stories Contributor(s): Mason, Bobbie Ann (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375758437 ISBN-13: 9780375758430 Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch) OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: "These stories will last," said Raymond Carver of Shiloh and Other Stories when it was first published, and almost two decades later this stunning fiction debut and winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award has become a modern American classic. In Shiloh, Bobbie Ann Mason introduces us to her western Kentucky people and the lives they forge for themselves amid the ups and downs of contemporary American life, and she poignantly captures the growing pains of the New South in the lives of her characters as they come to terms with feminism, R-rated movies, and video games. "Bobbie Ann Mason is one of those rare writers who, by concentrating their attention on a few square miles of native turf, are able to open up new and surprisingly wide worlds for the delighted reader," said Robert Towers in "The New York Review of Books. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Southern |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001019418 |
| Series: Modern Library (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.40 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Kentucky |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 55305 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "These stories will last," said Raymond Carver of Shiloh and Other Stories when it was first published, and almost two decades later this stunning fiction debut and winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award has become a modern American classic. In Shiloh, Bobbie Ann Mason introduces us to her western Kentucky people and the lives they forge for themselves amid the ups and downs of contemporary American life, and she poignantly captures the growing pains of the New South in the lives of her characters as they come to terms with feminism, R-rated movies, and video games. "Bobbie Ann Mason is one of those rare writers who, by concentrating their attention on a few square miles of native turf, are able to open up new and surprisingly wide worlds for the delighted reader," said Robert Towers in The New York Review of Books. |