31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 17: “The Piazza” by Herman Melville
Herman Melville's tale is a story of disillusionment and thwarted idealism.
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Herman Melville's tale is a story of disillusionment and thwarted idealism.
Thom Jones’s most famous story is about one U.S. Marine before, during, and after deployment to Vietnam.
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Jenny Diski's story is about female domestic confinement and the promise of a more fulfilling life.
Varlam Shalamov's intense short fiction provides an intense and unvarnished glimpse of life inside Stalin's Gulag.
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Jean Stafford's story is a close and incisive work of psychological fiction.
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