Drunk with Love: A Book of Stories

by Ellen Gilchrist

Book Overview

Presents thirteen short stories peopled by such characters as Rhoda, a precocious nine-year-old; Nora Jane, an expectant mother of twins; and Crystal, an outrageous Southern belle. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316313114
• ISBN13: 9780316313117
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Drunk with Love

Enchanting and beautifully written short stories. Interesting characters.

a fantastic book of wry, observant and sassy short stories

Ellen Gilchrist is, along with Alice Munro, one of the best short story writers alive. The point of view in these brilliant snapshots of "the irrational, the inconsistent, the droll, even the insane" glides easily from a young girl to a middle-aged man to an abused wife. It's all done with such grace and humour and, above all, attention to the craft of writing that it's hard to understand why Gilchrist isn't up there with the "masters" of the short story such as Carver and Poe. I thoroughly recommend this book, for yourself or as a gift. Fabulous.