Emperor of the Air (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Ethan Canin
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Short Stories
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Memory, Yards or backyards, Hope, California, West, U.S., Spiritual life or spirituality, Health, Trees, Insects, Stars, Pests
- Locales: California, New England
The first book by an unknown writer, and a collection of short stories to boot, EMPEROR OF THE AIR is one of the year’s most unlikely best-sellers. The good looks and charm of author Ethan Canin, a twenty-seven-year-old medical student, have not hurt sales, but publicity alone--even the fact that one of Canin’s high school English teachers was Danielle Steel--cannot account for the book’s surprising success. What special qualities do these stories possess?
Probably their most distinctive feature is their tone. Of the nine stories in the book, eight are narrated in the first...
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