Barnstorm: Contemporary Wisconsin Fiction

by Raphael Kadushin

Book Overview

Though the best American writers live everywhere now, a popular fiction persists: our strongest literary voices are strictly bi-coastal ones. Barnstorm sets out to disprove that clich? and to undermine another one as well: the sense of regional fiction as something quaint, slightly regressive, and full of local color. The stories in this collection capture our global reality with a ruthless, unaffected voice. Lorrie Moore's "The Jewish Hunter"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299208540
• ISBN13: 9780299208547
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

uneven collection--shaffer and moore shine

While not all the stories in this collection of Wisconsin fiction are first rate, two stories deserve this designation. Fans of Lorrie Moore will enjoy her contribution, "The Jewish Hunter", an engaging if dark love story. Ann Shaffer, a poet who has turned her attention to fiction, dazzles with her piece, "Dropping the Baby." Full of keen insight and humor, it will appeal to anyone who appreciates good writing. We look forward to hearing more from this author in the future!