Mary South (3)
Autor de You Will Never Be Forgotten: Stories
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Sobre El Autor
Mary South is a graduate of Northwestern University and the MFA program in fiction at Columbia University. For many years, she-has worked as a contributing editor at the literary-journal NOON. She lives in New York City.
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Miembros
- 88
- Popularidad
- #209,356
- Valoración
- 3.6
- Reseñas
- 6
- ISBNs
- 11
The Keiths are Keiths because they are not particularly handsome, not particularly intelligent, not particularly kind. A Keith would never train to compete in professional sports or practice an instrument until he became a maestro. Neither would a Keith jump in front of a loaded gun, but he would help you gather the contents of your grocery bag if you spilled it on the sidewalk.
You want to read a little more, don't you? Or how about this one?
If you're reading this page, chances are you've recently heard that you need to have a craniotomy. Try not to worry. Although, yes, this is brain surgery, you're more likely to die from the underlying condition itself, such as a malignant tumor or subdural hematoma.
That's from Frequently Asked Questions About Your Craniotomy; South is also great at coming up with intriguing titles. The ideas that South tackles in her stories remind me of early George Sanders, with one story centering on a summer camp for teenage cyberbullies, another about a grieving mother forcing her new daughter to live her dead daughter's life, one is told from the point of view of the fandom for a science fiction tv show. Where these stories sometimes fall short is in finding the heart of the story behind the clever ideas, and not every story gels on the page to become something greater than an idea stretched into the shape of a short story. But the ones that do, really shine.… (más)