This collection of stories from The Paris Review "is intended for readers who are not (or are no longer) in the habit of reading short stories. We hope these object lessons will remind them how varied the form can be." Although it is surprising for a book with authors as diverse as Lydia Davis and Evan S. Connell, the stories all share a certain je ne sais quoi of literariness that makes them seem not varied at all. Is it because of the editorial standards of The Paris Review? Or because the stories were chosen by writers? For whatever reason, most of the selections favor style and character sketches over narrative resolution.
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