Ceil (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Aaron Roy Weintraub
- First Published: 1983
- Type of Work: Short story
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Memory, Mothers, Parents and children, New Orleans, Death or dying, Success or failure
- Locales: New Orleans, LA
It is difficult to say definitively whether “Ceil,” one of the three stories in Women and Angels, is a success. Some would question whether it is a story or merely a collection of fragments. “Lila” and “Largely an Oral History of My Mother,” both depictions of Brodkey's adoptive mother, are more complete works.
Despite this caveat, “Ceil” is among Brodkey's most important works, for it reveals more than any other story the inner Brodkey, who yearns to establish a link with his past. Although the writing in “Ceil” is uneven, some of Brodkey's best...
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