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Rise: Stories (Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction)

por L. Annette Binder

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The stories inRise are fairytales, except that the witch, lucky Hans, and the frog prince are characters at the fringes of everyday life. There are rockets, swells of starlings, and children who disappear into thin air. L. Annette Binder writes magical tales with authority and restraint, and we believe her stories, every one. "The complex interweaving of themes, rendered through precise detail, is akin to a powerful subterranean disturbance that sends seismographs jumping but leaves few visible effects." --Starred Review,Publishers Weekly "L. Annette Binder'sRise is a wondrous debut collection of her stories, any one of which could be an example of the form at its best." --ForeWord Reviews, Selected as summer 2012 best book of debut fiction "Binder has gone so deeply, and with such mystical brilliance and loyalty, into her own world that she has brought mine to me in high relief. She both casts a spell and breaks it. To experienceRise is to experience wonder." --Laura Kasischke "Three years ago I read a story titled 'Dead Languages.' I came out of my chair. I've been in standing ovation position reading every subsequent story written by L. Annette Binder. They came exquisitely one by one, and now you are damn lucky to have them all in one wondrous volume:Rise. --Michelle Latiolais "L. Annette Binder is a stunningly talented writer. Her stories are the stories of outsiders, gripping and heartfelt, heightened with hidden undertones of the surreal. It is this tension that makes the worlds she creates so vibrant, and allows her readers to see so deeply into these characters' souls.Rise is a beautiful book, and Binder's words cut clear and straight to the bone." --Hannah Tinti… (mais)

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This collection of quietly haunting stories focuses on the lives of fourteen seemingly ordinary residents of non-descript American neighborhoods. All well and good, until each person is beset by one startling event, and the pleasure for the reader is watching the author sharing the internal and external methods employed by each now remarkable character to manage the unusual circumstance. Somehow, these people you might see every day summon up the elemental strength required to save themselves. A woman who suffers from an uncontrollable growth spurt withers, but finds grace in an unlikely friendship with a neighbor boy and in her garden. Kids blow things up; a man suffers from temporary blindness; kidneys fail; neighbors atone and wreak revenge for petty and monumental wrongs. In the most memorable story, a young boy sees black haloes around people whose death is imminent and decides to count everything he sees, and to write lists of the items, to distract himself from the looming destinies and to possibly stave them off. (

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I won this book on good reads from first reads. I did finish this about a week ago, but wanted to reflect on the book before doing this review. I loved the cover and the stories were a little different then what I normally read so I personally had a struggle staying on task with this one. I do not want to disrespect short stories however. This book is well put together and I rated 3 out of 5 stars for this. I am donating this book to a short story program at our local nursing home so that people who are into these kinds of books can truly enjoy this:) If I hear back on any of the stories from the residents I will add to this review at a later date. Thank you to firstreads, and the author as this book is going to be read to so many people, and be put to special use. (

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The stories inRise are fairytales, except that the witch, lucky Hans, and the frog prince are characters at the fringes of everyday life. There are rockets, swells of starlings, and children who disappear into thin air. L. Annette Binder writes magical tales with authority and restraint, and we believe her stories, every one. "The complex interweaving of themes, rendered through precise detail, is akin to a powerful subterranean disturbance that sends seismographs jumping but leaves few visible effects." --Starred Review,Publishers Weekly "L. Annette Binder'sRise is a wondrous debut collection of her stories, any one of which could be an example of the form at its best." --ForeWord Reviews, Selected as summer 2012 best book of debut fiction "Binder has gone so deeply, and with such mystical brilliance and loyalty, into her own world that she has brought mine to me in high relief. She both casts a spell and breaks it. To experienceRise is to experience wonder." --Laura Kasischke "Three years ago I read a story titled 'Dead Languages.' I came out of my chair. I've been in standing ovation position reading every subsequent story written by L. Annette Binder. They came exquisitely one by one, and now you are damn lucky to have them all in one wondrous volume:Rise. --Michelle Latiolais "L. Annette Binder is a stunningly talented writer. Her stories are the stories of outsiders, gripping and heartfelt, heightened with hidden undertones of the surreal. It is this tension that makes the worlds she creates so vibrant, and allows her readers to see so deeply into these characters' souls.Rise is a beautiful book, and Binder's words cut clear and straight to the bone." --Hannah Tinti

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