Glass Grapes

and Other Stories (American Readers Series)

By Ronk, Martha Clare

Publishers Summary:
Glass Grapes and Other Stories is the first full-length collection of short stories by distinguished poet and fiction writer Martha Ronk. Ronk's work has garnered critical accolades and numerous awards, including, most recently, a 2005 PEN USA Award in poetry, a 2007 NEA Fellowship, and a 2007 National Poetry Series Award. Glass Grapes is a collection of short, experimental stories, usually dominated by an object imbued with fetishistic qualities by an obsessive, self-involved narrator. The language of these stories is repetitive, provocative, imagistic, occasionally comic, and unnerving. Ronk's fiction moves with the same grace, beauty, and attention to language as her most accomplished poetry.

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ISBN
978-1-93441-413-2
Publisher
BOA Editions Ltd.


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Library Journal

Reviewed on October 1, 2008

Objects play an important role in this first full-length collection of fiction by American poet Ronk. While many of the characters are nameless, objects obsess them and, appropriately, give most of the stories their titles, like "The Tea Bowl," "The Sofa," and "The Photograph." Such an approach keeps the people at a distance from the reader but is appropriate for describing liv...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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