while for the most part, school feels like penance, occasionally it opens my eyes up to an amazing book i never would have read otherwise.this novel first came to my attention last semester when a professor told me i should mention it in a funding application as it relates very closely to my thesis. i quickly read it's amazon and wikipedia entry and promptly forgot about it until it appeared on a syllabus for class.
this novel is a collection of short stories that deal with the inhabitants of a fictional small american town. though each story concerns a different character, they overlap and intersect, as happens in these types of intimate communities. the characters are lonely and are written with an incredible sense of sympathy and skill. this novel was published in 1919, but feels way ahead of its time. a quick and beautiful read that is not only revealing in terms of the human psyche, but also shows how simple words and simple stories can create a very real world.
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