- Paperback: 296 pages
- Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press; 1 edition (July 20 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0299174042
- ISBN-13: 978-0299174040
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 404 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,068,751 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
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"University campuses, small and large, are treasure-troves of material for fiction writers," editor McNally states in his introduction. He has indeed unearthed some treasures, by writers as diverse as Richard Russo, Stephen King, Dan Chaon, and Thisbe Nissen. The collection is divided into two sections, separating stories told from the students' perspectives from those told from the educators' point-of-view. In Russo's gracefully told tale, a 70-year-old nun joins an advanced creative writing class and uses her story to tell the tale of her life, which is as rife with subtext as any novel. King's gripping story of a young man's memories of a serial killer roaming a college campus is a selection from his first short story collection. Chaon and Amy Knox Brown weigh in with stories of fraternity brothers, Gillian Kendall writes of a professor's deeply buried passion for her student, and Tom Whalen's attractive female student wanders through a myriad of lecherous professors. This excellent collection captures both the passion and the isolation in academia. Kristine Huntley
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Book Description
Contempory short stories about college life, by famed writers and rising stars.
Fiction, like life, has its lessons, and it's a wild ride on the learning curve when storytelling goes to school. The short stories in this collection negotiate the heights, the depths, and the unexpected angles of campus intrigue, sexual and intellectual awakenings and reckonings, and all the heartache and hilarity of a sentimental education. The work of such well-known authors as Stephen King, Marly Swick, and Ron Carlson appears here as well as stories by most promising new voices. The results are sometimes harrowing (in King's story, a serial killer roams a campus), sometimes droll (in Lucia Perillo's "The Wife of an Indian," an academic adjusts his ethnicity to get tenure), and often poignant (as in Dan Chaon's story of the aftermath of an accident that injures a fraternity president.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A versatile, extremely fun array of stories,
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This review is from: Student Body: Short Stories About College Students And Professors (Paperback)
As a college student who has experienced the ups and downs of academia, the frustrations and pleasures of the university campus, the insipid, the arrogant, the brilliant, even the outlandish in everyday college life, this exquisite compilation served as a sort of mirror funhouse, one I won't mind getting stuck in again and again. These stories encompass the complexities of universities from very versatile angles, all filled with insight, finesse, and lots of fun, intelligent humor. A great read, should be required material for all those who have ever walked the halls of any educational institution under any guise.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The World of Campus Life,
By "monstermash73" (Bloomington, IN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Student Body: Short Stories About College Students And Professors (Paperback)
I first heard about this book when it was chosen by the CHICAGO TRIBUNE as an EDITOR'S CHOICE book of the week. This anthology does an excellent job of capturing the variety of campus life. Russo gives a knock-out story about a nun who takes a creative writing class. Dan Chaon's story about fraternity life is both quirky and moving. Two hilarious entries: Gordon Weaver's "Q: Questing" about a guy dividing his time teaching part-time at four colleges and carrying on affairs with a woman at each campus; and Lucia Perillo's "The Wife of the Indian" from the point of view of a cynical but hilarious woman who's married to a guy who lied about his ethnicity to get a job but then leaves his wife behind when he takes off with a student. Ron Carlson's "Hartwell" is a melancholy, heartbreaker of a story. In addition to work by other well-known writers -- Thomas Beller, Marly Swick, Thisbe Nissen -- the editor has included great stories by newcomers, such as Amy Brown, Rebecca Lee, and Alex Shishin. If you like good literary stories, and if you've spent any time on a college campus, you're bound to enjoy this book. Or if you're a parent sending your child off to college, this would make a great gift.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Uneven treatment of potentially rich territory,
By Peter Lorenzi (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Student Body: Short Stories About College Students And Professors (Paperback)
A strange mix of authors, styles, length, sadness and humor, linked by the college campus as a common theme. Started out as a potential stream of interesting stories but dwindled quickly into an almost dry bed. Richard Russo does a nice job with a nun's story. Stephen King contributes a mundane terror tale. For instance, Hassler's "Publish and perish" is a much more rewarding work. David Lodge covers this terrain very well.Nice try, but college life is better, funnier and more interesting than this, as has been shown hundreds of times before.
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