Summary of this Book... | ||
Bending Time is a collection of short stories with time, in some fashion, as the recurring theme. The book is divided into three sections: Bending Time and Memory; Time in Exile; and Time in the American City. All 12 of these stories by Stephen Minot have appeared in major periodicals. | ||
This type of Book is good for... | ||
short story lovers, especially if you like great character development and are fascinated by the concept of time, which I am. | ||
I especially liked... | ||
that each story was very different, even with the recurring theme; and the characters were well developed. For me the stories got better the more I read. In part one I was intrigued by A Sometimes Memory where a mother of two finds herself in the middle of a family gathering without knowing quite who everyone is or why she is there. In part two, I liked See You Around about two very different brothers with something in common. And my favorite, in part three and maybe in the whole book, was The Senator’s Son where a U.S. Senator is coping with his estranged son, home for his mother’s funeral. | ||
I didn't like... | ||
…well, I wasn’t sure when I started that I wanted to read the whole book. I had never read anything by Minot before. I picked the book strictly for the time theme. | ||
When I finished reading this Book I wanted to... | ||
find more stories written by Stephen Minot. | ||
This Book made me feel... | ||
like I had had a pleasant escape into many different worlds. | ||
The author of this Book... | ||
has published multiple short stories, several novels and authored a textbook on creative writing. He’s a professor and an NEA award winner. | ||
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Created May 01, 2007 at 2:00pm •
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