M-T wrote:
> Nicole:
>
> Himes's complete stories are also available in
English from Thunder's
> Mouth Press;
mt, do you have a title for this collection? Sounds very
interesting and I
will certainly not read it in French - I avoid translations
as much as I
can.
> I treasure this collection and reread it
frequently,
> picking stories at random. Some of these short tales
are very moving,
> especially those about jail, justice (!), and the
downtrodden in the old
> days. There is also that dark-toned, deadpan humor
that I love so much
> in Himes. A superb collection. I don't think the NYT
gave it the time of
> day when it came out, but I could be wrong. They
rarely miss a book
> about cats, though, which makes me think a
bit.
Sounds like the opposite of our critics who will do anything
to skip a cat
(or mystery) or transform them into Literature (capital
intended) to justify
reviewing them. Luckily we now have lists like this where we
can get simpler
and hopefully more honest opinions.
Merci,
Nicole
nicolel@cam.org
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