Paley, Grace (Vol. 6) - Paley, Grace 1922–
Paley, Grace 1922–
Ms Paley, an American, is an enormously talented short story writer and poet. Her most recent collection of stories is Enormous Changes at the Last Minute. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 25-28.)
[Enormous Changes at the Last Minute] is somewhat broader in range and more removed from the immigrant background that animated [Grace Paley's] first book, The Little Disturbances of Man, and the consequent world picture is more American and less parochial…. The range of character is remarkably wide, with personalities emerging from various classes, ages and ethnic groups to shape and color the episodes. But the dominant quality which marked the first book—its insistent realism—has not been altered, and the developments and changes in Grace Paley's art have to do with subjects and themes, rather than with the basic techniques of writing.
Frequently, there is no conventional sense of action,...
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