Monthly Archives: November 2005

At the Bottom of the River by Jamaica Kincaid

An interesting read, if only to see another possibility of what a story can be.

By Robert Ellis | Posted 30 Nov 05 in Reviews | Tagged , | Comments (0)

The Whore’s Child: Stories by Richard Russo

We’re right in the middle of the action, but we don’t know exactly what’s going on. The cards are turned over one at a time. There’s a pair of aces showing, but everything else is played close to the chest.

By Robert Ellis | Posted 29 Nov 05 in Reviews | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

It’s difficult to imagine today, in the age of iPod porn, how controversial the subject matter must have been in 1955 when Lolita was first published, a year before I was born.

By Robert Ellis | Posted 23 Nov 05 in Reviews | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Eating Naked by Stephen Dobyns

Executed in a capable, economical style, these stories are complex, plotted, with dimensional characters and emotional nuance.

By Robert Ellis | Posted 05 Nov 05 in Reviews | Tagged , | Comments (0)