Add BookmarkThe Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
Amy Hempel is a master of the short story. This celebrated volume gathers together her complete work -- four short collections of stunning stories about marriages, minor disasters, and moments of revelation.
With her inimitable compassion and wit, Hempel introduces characters who make choices that seem inevitable, and whose longings and misgivings evoke eternal human experience.
For readers who have known Hempel's work for decades and for those who are just discovering her, this indispensab... (show more)
Amy Hempel is a master of the short story. This celebrated volume gathers together her complete work -- four short collections of stunning stories about marriages, minor disasters, and moments of revelation.
With her inimitable compassion and wit, Hempel introduces characters who make choices that seem inevitable, and whose longings and misgivings evoke eternal human experience.
For readers who have known Hempel's work for decades and for those who are just discovering her, this indispensable volume contains all the stories in Reasons to Live, At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom, Tumble Home, and The Dog of the Marriage. No reader of great writing should be without it. (show less)
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exquisite - is it a weird compliment to say that Amy Hempel is phenomenally good at writing sentences? There's a strong flavor of asian literature's tendency toward sparsity of language that can become so entrancing it takes a moment to reflect on the 'heavy' nature of some of her characters and their situations.
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short story fans, take note. you will not find anyone more masterful at the short narrative than this. it's been said before, but can't be said enough, it's all about the sentences with hempel. staggeringly beautiful, clever, heart-wrenching, and hopeful all in the same breath.
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