Eugene Stein
Autor/a de Straitjacket & Tie
Sobre l'autor
Obres de Eugene Stein
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- New York, New York, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Educació
- Yale University
Columbia University (Graduate School of Journalism) - Professions
- novelist
short-story writer
Membres
Ressenyes
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 2
- Membres
- 63
- Popularitat
- #268,028
- Valoració
- 4.1
- Ressenyes
- 2
- ISBN
- 5
I ended up really liking most of the stories. There were only two that did not appeal to me, but, oddly enough, one of those was a story ("The Triumph of the Prague Workers' Council") especially enjoyed by others (per Amazon's reviews). My favorite story was one called "The Grandma Golem" which was like a cross between the writing of Sholom Aleichem and Stephen King. No kidding! This was one I'd rather not explain but have you read directly. My second favorite story was called "Hard Bargains" about a young white female Jewish reporter who ended up in a black ghetto while trying to fight off racial stereotyping. I found this story really believable and somewhat sad. I thought all of the stories were well written and different enough to keep me interested. They were kind of funny, a little pathetic, and most had an interesting twist.… (més)