In the Land of Dreamy Dreams
Stories
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of South Carolina Press
Published:30th Jun '16
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In her 1981 collection of stories, In the Land of Dreamy Dreams, Ellen Gilchrist writes about New Orleans as no other writer. Laced with envy, greed, lust, terror, and self-deceit, her stories will shock and compel readers. Gilchrist's characters, women who dream of independent lives beyond the shadows of their husbands and fathers, resort to outrageous schemes in pursuit of freedom and fulfillment, despite the consequences. The range of emotions and realities encompassed by Gilchrist's work is suggested by the story titles: ""Rich,"" ""There's a Garden of Eden,"" ""The Famous Poll at Jody's Bar,"" ""In the Land of Dreamy Dreams,"" ""Suicides,"" ""1957, a Romance,"" ""Generous Pieces,"" ""Indignities,"" ""Revenge,"" ""Perils of the Nile,"" ""Traveler,"" and ""Summer, an Elegy.
Ellen Gilchrist writes the most wonderful sentences, which don’t sound like anybody else's. She has made out (and right at the beginning of her writing life) this flexible, musical, teasing long line which can carry her whole personality onto the page... Gilchrist is a wonderfully reckless writer of recklessness." - Tessa Hadley, Times Literary Supplement
ISBN: 9781611176612
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 258g
184 pages