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Loading... New York 1, Tel Aviv 0: Storiesby Shelly Oria
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Somewhat disjointed vignettes, but interesting to see attitudes across the board. I feel like New York may have more in common with Tel Aviv than San Francisco--even though it reminded me a bit of Tales of the City. ( ) 2.5 out of 5. I just wish I could've related to or enjoyed more of the stories in the collection, overall. For the most part, I found myself skimming - because there was little new or engaging here. The stories are well-written, although they wear their author's Israeli identity aggressively at times, but they felt like pieces from a club I haven't been invited to yet: the New York (specifically Brooklyn) young-writer "scene". I'm a young writer in New York and am certainly part of the literary scene... but there's a little too much effort put into "being literary" here. When Oria relaxes and just writes something for fun, it shows: the story grabs you. The others, they don't grab as much. More at RB: http://ragingbiblioholism.com/2015/05/01/new-york-1-tel-aviv-0/ 2.5 out of 5. I just wish I could've related to or enjoyed more of the stories in the collection, overall. For the most part, I found myself skimming - because there was little new or engaging here. The stories are well-written, although they wear their author's Israeli identity aggressively at times, but they felt like pieces from a club I haven't been invited to yet: the New York (specifically Brooklyn) young-writer "scene". I'm a young writer in New York and am certainly part of the literary scene... but there's a little too much effort put into "being literary" here. When Oria relaxes and just writes something for fun, it shows: the story grabs you. The others, they don't grab as much. More at RB: http://ragingbiblioholism.com/2015/05/01/new-york-1-tel-aviv-0/ no reviews | add a review
"Sharply observed, beautifully rendered stories about gender, sexuality, and nationality by a fresh new voice"-- No library descriptions found. |
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