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.
Merci,
Nicole
nicolel@cam.org
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