A Complicated Situation: Stories

by Jane Mullen

Family is at the heart of Jane Mullen's debut collection of short stories. In each of these nine tales, Mullen's characters confront the limits and the privileges of ties of affection and of blood. In... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870744313
• ISBN13: 9780870744310
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Southern Methodist Univ Pr
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

A small book with big stories

Like other readers, I hated to see each story end, and hope the author writes some novels. The stories really drew me in, involved me, and helped me to understand the context and the heart of the characters. Really much more to this books than it looks from the size!

Wonderful, hard to put down, hate to see end stories.

These stories are beautiful and compelling. I wanted them to go on and on! It would be wonderful to see a full length novel from this talented and gifted new author.

An accomplished collection seldom seen in a first book

I enjoyed this collection immensely. The stories are wide ranging and literate, more in the New Yorker vein than contemporary flashiness. They cover every range of life, from childhood to old age. Highly recommended.