Some of these stories are stunning and some are very good and some aI have already mentioned on GR probably a few too many times how I feel about short stories: I am reluctant to read them, am often happily surprised at how much I like some of them when I finally get round to reading them, kick myself for being reluctant to read them, and then want to read a novel by the author of the good short stories I have just read. And I really liked The November Story which is told from the perspective of a woman who makes a reality tv show that is really quite far from reality. Her touch one moment is light, filled with subtle humor, surreal (How about having Bach wiggle out of your piano and settle on your couch with a beer?)
As impressive as the novel was, it really does resembles a collection of shorter stories interwoven around the history of a family and home.
Usually there is at least one story that makes the eyes roll, the impatience accelerate, but not here. Which pretty much sums up my reaction to the stories in Music for Wartime. Rebecca Makkai seamlessly changes voice and point-of-view for her stories: male [“Peter Torrelli, Falling Apart”], female [“Couple of Lovers on a Red Background”], varied ages [“The Worst You Ever Feel” is told from a young boy’s perspective. I was entranced by the rest. The stories were indeed threaded with themes of music--mostly classical--and decades of scars from the guilt and horror of surviving war, but even the prose itself seemed to sing. Makkai knows precisely how to create the turning moments that short story requires and how to breathe characters, full-blown yet shadowed, into your mind after mere paragraphs of exposition. Looking back to those recorded thoughts compared to my memory I realize that a large part of my response to her novel stemmed from the power and promise of Makkai’s writing overcoming some flaws in the construction of a full novel.
RM's gift in this outstanding collection of short stories is to skillfully trick the reader into believing that each story is a novella, so complete and compelling are her constructed worlds.RM's gift in this outstanding collection of short stories is to skillfully trick the reader into believing that each story is a novella, so complete and compelling are her constructed worlds.Great collection of short stories! Now I see what all the buzz is about. Highly recommended.I've just discovered my new favorite author! Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of
I can't help but share some of my favorite lines.Wow!
I'll be thinking about some of these stories for a long time.The best short story collections contain a paradox -- while short in print length, they can contain material of such complexity and meatiness, thus requiring more effort on the part of a reader than novels of same size.
“Music for Wartime” is Ms. Makkai’s first book of stories, but its publication doesn’t mark a new phase in her career; she’s been writing short fiction for more than a decade.
Makkai’s writing is deeply moving, passionate, intense, descriptive, and not one story contained fluEven readers who typically do not enjoy short stories, I highly recommend adding Music For Wartime by Rebecca Makkai to all reading lists.
and the next is melancholic, heartbreaking and incredibly real. I received a digital copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.Wonderful collection of short stories dealing with loss, war, and sadness. Interspersed between the longer stories are 2-3 page "Legends," family history that Makkai has included. Sad is such an empty word for what the characters go through, but it's strangely beautiful too.
I found this to be a very even collection with only maybe one or two stories that I disliked.
The stories were indeed threaded with themes of music--mostly classicalI've owned this book for a few years and it always sat somewhere in the middle third of my TBR pile. Brilliant and compassionate- a small novel in each story. Such is the case here.
Makkai's prose is eloquent and assured, but never too dense. , Brit Bennett’s bestselling debut,
I read this collection on a long flight. Such is the case here. We gebruiken cookies en vergelijkbare tools om uw winkelervaring te verbeteren, onze services aan te bieden, te begrijpen hoe klanten onze services gebruiken zodat we verbeteringen kunnen aanbrengen, en om advertenties weer te geven. There is really only 220 pages in this collection and at least 60 to 70 pages of it were stories that felt unnecessary. The worst you ever feel. Makkai’s latest release is due out in June 2015 and she has crafted some intense, thought provoking, and unforgettable stories. Many tied in to a war, some were about music, some were about both. A story would go on for a couple of pages and then end, and I was left to figure out what the heck it was about. Maybe that was the point.
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My MO with short story collections is to read half the book, set it down for a moment, and never think of picking it up again.
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