Victory Over Japan: Amazon.ca: Ellen Gilchrist: Books

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Winner of the 1984 American Book Award for Fiction, thislightful, if eccentric, selection of short stories. "The stories are wonderful to tell aloud . . . Miss Gilchrist once again demonstrates not only her willingness to take risks, but her generosity as a writer as well."--The New York Times Book Review. This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Beauty and Pain, Avril 24 2003

Par	Romantic in Chicago "M" (Chicago, IL USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Victory Over Japan: A Book of Stories (Paperback)

Ellen Gilchrist spoke to me directly in these stories - and I've read every word she's written ever since. The emotions and pain that her "southern belles" go through are incredibly real to me, who has never even been to Fayetteville, Arkansas or Mississippi, or even the southern Illinois of the 40's of which she writes so poignantly. Sometimes she's a little too much of a mother in some of her work, but I thought these stories were perfect.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Wonderful stories!, Mars 12 2003

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This review is from: Victory Over Japan: A Book of Stories (Paperback)

OK. I'm an Ellen Gilchrist fan, so there's some bias here, but no, I do not think the judges wrong to give this book laurels. One story, "Rhoda, A Fable" I've seen in other anthologies.

I think there's some risk in collections of short stories. Some may hit you. They're fabulous. Then they are over. Sigh. Others may not hit you. Sigh. However in this collection there are many more fine stories than average ones.

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2.0�toiles sur 5 Disappointing stories, Jui 29 2002

Par	R. Tiedemann "Sunnye" (Bellevue, NE USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Victory Over Japan: A Book of Stories (Paperback)

Each of the short stories in VICTORY OVER JAPAN is broken into shorter segments, which makes the book easy to put down. Trouble is, you might not bother to pick it up again.

In the first story, 3rd-grader Rhoda chooses as her partner for the war defense paper drive, a classmate who has been bitten by a rabid squirrel. The second story is about a young woman who, unable to find the lover she came to California to join, robs a bookstore and finds adventure. Another story, told by a maid, is of her mistress's revenge on her brother. Unfortunately, all the stories are disjointed, dull and senseless. It's a shame -- this author has done better. Much better.

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1.0�toiles sur 5 Bad Prose, No Plot
Another example that the judges for the National Book Award are illiterate homemakers. This is one of the most boring books I've ever read. Read more

Publi� le Sep 25 2001 par Sai Li

5.0�toiles sur 5 Creates the perfect environment for the reader.
"Victory Over Japan" fully explores the lives of Southern women. The reader feels very involved in the aspects of the characters issues.

Publi� le Sep 30 1999

1.0�toiles sur 5 Probably the least memorable book I've ever read.
I usually love to read short stories written by and about contemporary women, but after finishing Gilchrist's book, I could not recall a single image, character, or plot detail... Read more

Publi� le D�c 7 1998