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The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
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The very big problem with this book is that only the novella The Ballad of the Sad Cafe strikes me as being Carson McCullers. The other shorter fiction just seems tossed in at random and could have been written by anyone with some talent. None of the extra stories take place in the South, McCullers territory.
Ballad of the Sad Cafe is brilliant but disturbing. It is populated with small town odd-balls who are very exaggerated but funny and mostly likeable in their own sad ways. Amelia, her ex-husband (10 days married) and a “maybe” cousin are well beyond odd but great characters. Loneliness and not fitting in are themes but definitely it is hilarious at the same time.
5 for “Ballad” 3 for the other stories =4 overall.
Ballad of the Sad Cafe is brilliant but disturbing. It is populated with small town odd-balls who are very exaggerated but funny and mostly likeable in their own sad ways. Amelia, her ex-husband (10 days married) and a “maybe” cousin are well beyond odd but great characters. Loneliness and not fitting in are themes but definitely it is hilarious at the same time.
5 for “Ballad” 3 for the other stories =4 overall.
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August 13, 2023
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August 13, 2023
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August 13, 2023
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August 13, 2023
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short-fiction
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south
August 16, 2023
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Oct 09, 2023 09:28AM
Great review, Pam. This has been on my TBR for awhile, hoping to read it soon.
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I hope you enjoy it. There is a movie out there of “Sad Cafe” starring Vanessa Redgrave, which I can’t quite imagine. It didn’t exactly get high reviews.
One of my favorites! Pam I agree with your stars ⭐️
