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Homeland and Other Stories by: Barbara Kingsolver |
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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780060161125 ISBN: 0060161124 Label: HarperCollins Canada / Fiction Manufacturer: HarperCollins Canada / Fiction Number Of Pages: 244 Publication Date: June 01, 1989 Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Fiction Studio: HarperCollins Canada / Fiction Browse for similar items by category:
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 Rating:  - At Home with Kingsolver"Homeland and Other Stories" showcases Barbara Kingsolver's remarkable ear for heartland speech as well as her talent for painting the every day struggles of people through exquisite but understated detail. Kingsolver never falls into melodrama nor does she show disrespect for her characters. This is a beautiful and powerful collection. Rating: - At Home with Kingsolver"Homeland and Other Stories" showcases Barbara Kingsolver's remarkable ear for heartland speech as well as her talent for painting the every day struggles of people through exquisite but understated detail. Kingsolver never falls into melodrama nor does she show disrespect for her characters. This is a beautiful and powerful collection. Rating: - Fun and fast readThis book was very enjoyable and a fast read. This book has alittle of everything in it for everyone. I thought that the stories got better and better as they went on and each with a little bit more powerful message. I truly enjoyed Quality Time and Rose-Johnny. Overall this is a must read and would make a wonderful gift for anyone on your holiday list. Rating:  - Be it ever so humble, there's no place like Homeland...Picture yourself driving down a quiet road populated with homes that are dusted with the twilight of evening shade. You stop the car and step out to observe. From the roadside in this residential area, all you can see is the glowing window squares of warm, yellow light coming from inside the houses. You know that it's probably time for the evening meal and there are mundane conversations, celebrations and arguments abounding. As an outsider, there is little to see and virtually nothing to hear. Kingsolver changes all of that, when unseen and unheard, she wanders invisibly throughout the homes and lives of each and everyone in the neighborhood. Kingsolver creates a terrific collection of short stories that define no incredible event ... Read More: Rating: - Not as good as her other work, but still enjoyable readingBarbara Kingsolver possesses an amazingly adventurous breadth of literary talent. She has written novels, short stories, essays, nonfiction, and poetry. Although I don't believe her short stories stand out as brilliantly as does the rest of her writing, they are nonetheless enjoyable reading. The two stories in this collection that particularly stood out to me were the title story, "Homeland," and "Covered Bridges." "Homeland" is the moving story of Gloria St. Clair, a native of "a coal town hacked with sharp blades out of a forest that threatened always to take it back," and her "Great Mam," a woman who belonged to the Bird Clan, "one of the fugitive bands of Cherokee who resisted capture in the year that General Winfield Scott was ... Read More: |
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