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I enjoyed reading the journey of their marriage. Not sure what you read. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09044342320555454468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-19627026814660030722019-01-15T19:15:42.002-06:002019-01-15T19:15:42.002-06:00Found the story superficial and predictable. Poor....Found the story superficial and predictable. Poor.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01029654958891849903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-26904856959584186792018-06-17T17:09:40.934-05:002018-06-17T17:09:40.934-05:00The technical term for this story is "A Short...The technical term for this story is "A Short-Short Story. This story is now featured in college material as a Fiction Sampler: The Short-Short Story to understand fiction and the multiple different types there are.Christene Youngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-7313675145292937292017-09-26T21:29:55.321-05:002017-09-26T21:29:55.321-05:00A fine story, one which encapsulates American insu...A fine story, one which encapsulates American insularity and lack of perspective. The key line for me was when the could asked the parents why they didn't just give money to the families of the SG's if they were impoverished. The narrator -- who is something of a fool -- is so oblivious to his own empty consumerist mindset that he can't fathom why a human being, strapped to a pole by a wire through the brain, would want to run awayAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957990668696170858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-63093795050290462582017-04-10T02:46:10.682-05:002017-04-10T02:46:10.682-05:00I had never read anything like it before, and some...I had never read anything like it before, and somehow since reading, it's haunted me. It wasn't perfect, but it really did grip me. Alana Dillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13087231337381347438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-89040779437646632492015-05-04T15:58:42.600-05:002015-05-04T15:58:42.600-05:00I just discovered this. I greatly enjoyed reading ...I just discovered this. I greatly enjoyed reading this. I hope the reviews come back, but if they don't, thank you!Cezarija Abartisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-27238997523148432062014-09-04T08:25:00.941-05:002014-09-04T08:25:00.941-05:00Wow! Very informative blog and useful article. Ple...Wow! Very informative blog and useful article. Please visit this site if you want more detail. <br /><a href="http://websiteproxy.co.uk/rapidlibrary.in.html" rel="nofollow">access Rapid Library in UK</a><br />Send Flower Pakistanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201527870889773578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-33097692073961247302013-12-01T19:42:51.207-06:002013-12-01T19:42:51.207-06:00I loved this story and I actually thought that the...I loved this story and I actually thought that the broken grammar and jotted-down style made the whole thing more unsettling and darkly humorous. I also found the characters to be not unpleasant but human and likable. I definitely that winning the lottery is necessary to the story, creating a haphazard world that lies somewhere between real and whimsically unreal. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-64096957862493679232013-06-24T23:23:03.408-05:002013-06-24T23:23:03.408-05:00Couldn't agree more. This one missed the boat....Couldn't agree more. This one missed the boat. Or rather, swam up and clung to the gunnels of the boat and wouldn't let go. Dominicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01652118509356905711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-51117024076696693132013-06-19T16:08:38.397-05:002013-06-19T16:08:38.397-05:00Well, it's more of a story than "Thirteen...Well, it's more of a story than "<a href="http://newyorkerstorycritiques.blogspot.com/2013/05/thirteen-wives.html" rel="nofollow">Thirteen Wives</a>." At least something happens.Criticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827751730819167713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-79593590429843001762013-06-19T16:04:35.350-05:002013-06-19T16:04:35.350-05:00Good interpretation. But love letters are not stor...Good interpretation. But love letters are not stories, which is why it doesn't pass muster with me.Criticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827751730819167713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-76625909539417144002013-06-17T00:43:02.312-05:002013-06-17T00:43:02.312-05:00"Finally, the language does far too much tell..."Finally, the language does far too much telling in place of showing"<br /><br />Dear God, it's like I'm in grad school all over again.<br /><br />Maybe this writer was trying to pull a Hemingway?<br /><br />I don't know; I forgot to finish this one, heh.Annie Calhounhttp://nolacourtesan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-79091187429301284682013-06-17T00:35:16.412-05:002013-06-17T00:35:16.412-05:00Satisfactory.
A sweet but trite love letter from...Satisfactory. <br /><br />A sweet but trite love letter from a man to his wife. Narrator is a bit self-satisfied in his realization that women are people, and people are complex and ever-changing. <br /><br />Yawn.<br /><br />...unless I'm missing something. Feel free to enlighten me.Annie Calhounhttp://nolacourtesan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-49761395814490457412013-06-17T00:34:05.365-05:002013-06-17T00:34:05.365-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14734382366156091767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-78965489734075757162013-06-16T22:45:42.644-05:002013-06-16T22:45:42.644-05:00How does this even qualify as a short story?How does this even qualify as a short story?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-25780731935593397142013-06-05T18:17:10.825-05:002013-06-05T18:17:10.825-05:00I didn't like the general unpleasantness of al...I didn't like the general unpleasantness of all the characters except maybe the little daughter. The story is a tv fantasy cliche, wiith no redemption for anyone: bleak, humorless and ugly, a bad acid skewering of consumerism. No redeeming social or literary value and no fun to be had. <br />Vancouver Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-76258280613510227042013-06-03T21:03:41.084-05:002013-06-03T21:03:41.084-05:00I appreciate you sharing your view. De gustibus no...I appreciate you sharing your view. De gustibus non est disputandum, I suppose.Criticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827751730819167713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-86386563297479066012013-06-03T18:38:16.876-05:002013-06-03T18:38:16.876-05:00Though I think the author has a real gift and comm...Though I think the author has a real gift and command of language, this story was just not my style. In fact, I’ve really enjoyed some stories that you’ve given poorer rankings, like Mayfly, Demeter, and Member/Guest. I thought this story was a little bogged down by its language. At times it felt as though the plot was submerged under walls of information. Where I find this a little monotonous, I think you find it to be what draws out Julian’s complexity. Maybe I just didn’t find the plot exciting enough. Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16935647240597114350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-10554070600633913312013-06-01T13:07:22.404-05:002013-06-01T13:07:22.404-05:00You ask, "Why not just make the narrator weal...You ask, "Why not just make the narrator wealthy to begin with?" To me, the narrator needs to feel this inferiority compared to his peers and neighbors and the drive to compete with them within the context of his materialistic world or the story loses its sad, ironic punch. The lottery win is used to analogize the narrator's situation to that of the SGs themselves (or at least how he views their reasons for coming to America). So when he contemplates their escape, mournfully wondering, "What could she want so much, that would make her pull such desperate stunt?", he could just as easily be describing his own predicament since winning the ten thousand dollars. That, to me, is why both the lottery and the family's economic status are integral to the story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-82774559366589893862013-05-31T22:41:59.739-05:002013-05-31T22:41:59.739-05:00Yup.Yup.Criticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827751730819167713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-83266331246043634392013-05-31T20:24:46.144-05:002013-05-31T20:24:46.144-05:00This one was amazing. Easily the best story I'...This one was amazing. Easily the best story I've read in years. <br /><br />He had me at:<br /><br />"Instead, Julian was stuck with whiny, nasal English, in which every word was a spoiled complaint, a bit of pouting. In English, no matter what you said, you sounded like a coddled human mascot with a giant head asking to have his wiener petted. Because you were lonely. Because you were scared. And your wiener would feel so much better if someone petted it. How freakishly impolite, how shameful, to let these things be revealed by one’s language. At least overseas he didn’t speak much English. He didn’t speak much anything." <br /><br />Fucking perfect. Annie Calhounhttp://nolacourtesan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461930072206972624.post-80483524608010104132013-05-27T17:05:18.471-05:002013-05-27T17:05:18.471-05:00Telling a story through the point of view of a jou...Telling a story through the point of view of a journal entry might be a stylistic convention-- but it's a damn funny one.<br />Eliminating it would sap the humor and make the darker underlying message all the more difficult to bear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com