The Clothes They Stood Up In by Alan Bennett
I have suddenly found myself on something of a short book kick and really enjoying it. The Clothes They Stood Up In by Alan Bennett caught my eye and the local...
Tag: novella
Book Review: Trust by Domenico Starnone
Trust by Domenico Starnone is the second of a handful of short books that I picked up at the local library (the first was Comfort Me with Apples). PublisherR...
Quick Take On A Short Book: Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
During a recent trip to the library, I picked up a couple of intriguing short works of fiction. I finished the first, Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. V...
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
An ode to the vanished West that captures the splendor of the Rockies as much as the small human mysteries that pass through them, this svelte stand-alone has ...
The Language of Dying by Sarah Pinborough
It is an artful yet rather depressing novella about a family dealing with the pending death of their father. The grief brings out both love and a difficult past...