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Jan 1, 2011 · Another collection of stories, some new and some old. 'All the Time in the World: New and Selected Stories' (2011) by E L. Doctorow puts on display is his talent as a writer of historical fiction but the stories themselves don't really register. It includes some of the good stories from previous short story works and some new ones that are decent.
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Jan 24, 2012 · “Frank, spontaneous and altogether wonderful.”— San Francisco Chronicle “The . . . stories in All the Time in the World are a reminder that, for decades, Mr. Doctorow has been a first-rate artist in the short form.” —The Wall Street Journal “The incandescent new stories and forever stunning vintage tales . . . selected for this powerhouse collection [are] complex and masterful ...
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Although in a brief preface he expresses doubt that "stories collected in a volume have to have a common mark, or tracer, to relate them to one another," in virtually all of these tales, spanning more than 150 years of this country's history, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author portrays troubled individuals struggling to make sense of their lives ...
Mar 22, 2011 · “The . . . stories in All the Time in the World are a reminder that, for decades, Mr. Doctorow has been a first-rate artist in the short form.”—The Wall Street Journal “The incandescent new stories and forever stunning vintage tales . . . selected for this powerhouse collection [are] complex and masterful . . . wise and resplendent ...
From Ragtime and Billy Bathgate to World's Fair, The March, and Homer & Langley, the fiction of E. L. Doctorow comprises a towering achievement in modern American letters. Now Doctorow returns with an enthralling collection of brilliant, startling short fiction about people who, as the author notes in his Preface, are somehow "distinct from ...
