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Who is the king/queen of the short story form?
Pic related- I think Carver does clipped-down masculine prose better than Hemingway. His stories are relentlessly mundane in subject matter. Despite this, they're almost mythical in power. Do yourself a favour if you haven't read him- Cathedral is a good place to start.
What do you guys think?
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>>8688156
>Cathedral
shock off
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>>8688156
Lorrie Moore
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>>8688168
Don't like this one? Most of his collections are superb- Short Cuts, Will You Please be Quiet, Please? Read 'em!
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>masculine prose
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>>8688156
>Who is the king/queen of the short story form?It's Gogol.
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Alice Munro.
>masculine prose
Jesus Christ.
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Flannery O'Connor, no contest
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Carver isn't that great, and Cathedral is a rip-off of D.H. Lawrence's The Blind Man.
As for masters: Lawrence, Chekov, Borges, Kafka, O'Connor, Henry James, Tolstoy, and Hemmingway. I also have a great fondess for Cheever, although he's a good step below the other writers.
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Gogol or Kafka, IMO. But I haven't read Borges yet.
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>>8689212
Just reading some Lawrence novellas (The LadyBird, The Fox, The Captain's Doll) and they're fucking great. Not everyone can handle that length.
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>>8688156
>Hemingway
>Masculine prose
Hemingway's prose is decidedly feminine
Anyways,
>Borges
>Flan
>Chekhov
>Kafka
>Sherwood Anderson
>Breece Pancake
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>>8688156
Chekhov and Chaucer.
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