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In the Night Season: A Novel
Richard Bausch
Harper Perennial, 1999
First Rate Suspense
I had read the book of Bausch's short stories and was impressed. However, this novel was absolutely first rate. He manages to hold the tension in the book right up to the epilogue. I love authors who fully develop their characters, and Bausch is a master of that, even ...
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Rare and Endangered Species
Richard Bausch
Vintage, 1995
Bausch like Carver, only deeper
Sometimes I think Richard Bausch's stories are like Raymond Carver's if Carver only went deeper. Bausch's stories are so truthful that they are by nature depressing. He manages to take situations that might otherwise be contrived or just trite and manages to draw what ...
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The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction
R. V. Cassill
W. W. Norton, 2005
Selections of Literary Merit
This book was definitely worth it. It includes many important fiction writers and is a good tool to have for aspiring writers. These are great authors to model after and borrow techniques from.
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The Stories of Richard Bausch
Richard Bausch
Harper Perennial, 2004
Pain Soup
Say your goal is to locate a short story writer in relation to his peers. Start by imagining a map of a valley, with Mount Munro at one end and Mount Carver at the other. Mount Munro, after Alice, is the summit of capacious stories that range widely across time and ...
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Peace
Richard Bausch
Knopf, 2008
Man's (In)Humanity to Man
Richard Bausch's taut novel tells us what happens when civilian soldiers go to war. It's a powerfully atmospheric story about three American soldiers sent up a mountain in Italy near Cassino during the brutal winter of 1944. Their mission: see what the Germans are ...
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Wives & Lovers: Three Short Novels
Richard Bausch
Harper Perennial, 2004
Great Novellas Should Not be overlooked!
this book is wonderful. It was given to me for my birthday and i read it soon after. I was unable to put it down and deeply moved by it. People should read this book (and other books by this author)and then tell everyone they know about them. Subtle in it's drama and ...
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The Selected Stories of Richard Bausch
Richard Bausch
Modern Library, 1996
a literary treat
I just recently finished reading Bausch's book, and was pleasantly surprised. What I find so wonderful is the versitility of each story, how differently Bausch can speak of relationships: compare the two different kinds in "What Feels Like The World" and "The ...
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Selected Shorts: Fictions for Our Times: Listener Favorites Old & New (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the ...
Toni Cade Bambara, Christine Baranski, ...
Symphony Space, 2004
These three-CD collections feature audiences' best-loved selections from National Public Radio's "Selected Shorts", an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by acclaimed actors and recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City. More than three hours of recordings in each collection capture the intimacy ...
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Thanksgiving Night: A Novel
Richard Bausch
Harper Perennial, 2007
Great Holiday Read!
Great Read! Couldn't wait to see what happened next to the crazy but loveable characters of Point Royal, Virginia. With Bausch's attention to detail and the myriad of events, you will know them all intimately by the time the turkey is served for Thanksgiving dinner. ...
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The Fireman's Wife and Other Stories (Norton Paperback Fiction)
Richard Bausch
W. W. Norton & Company, 1991
Pictures painted in subtle brush strokes
As I read these stories I had to constantly remind myself that the author was a man. This is because, not only are most of the stories written from a woman's viewpoint, but it is done so convincingly. I often found myself nodding in the way you do, when someone has ...
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The Cry of an Occasion: Fiction from the Fellowship of Southern Writers
Louisiana State University Press, 2001
A mixed box of chocolates
Anthologies are like boxes of chocolates: some pieces are good, some are excellent, some you might bite and put back, and some just do not interest you. Some pieces appeal to everyone, some do not. The piece that one person rejects may be another's favorite. ...
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The Putt at the End of the World
Lee K. Abbott, Dave Barry, ...
Grand Central Publishing, 2001
Bagger Vance Meets Monty Python
It is said that a camel is a horse designed by a committee. Since a camel is very efficient doing what camels are intended to do, then the remark must mean that a camel is a very funny looking horse. Well, in The Putt at the End of the World, a committee of nine ...
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The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction
Richard (EDT)/ Cassill, R. V. (EDT) Bausch
W W Norton & Co Inc, 2006
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Someone to Watch Over Me: Stories
Richard Bausch
Harper Perennial, 2000
Grief that makes you happy?
Seems an oxymoron, but anyone who's read other books by Bausch knows it isn't. Bausch portrays deeply painful situations with humor and a sense of abiding compassion for his characters. You will put this book down in pain, both in empathy for its characters and in ...
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Hello to the Cannibals: A Novel
Richard Bausch
Harper Perennial, 2003
ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF ALL TIME!
What's not to like about this book? The writing is top notch, the characters are all finely drawn, and the unusual storyline makes it a page turner. I had never heard of Mary Kingsley and greatly enjoyed discovering her through this well-crafted novel; after ...
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