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Winesburg, Ohio Paperback – January 18, 2020
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Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, who wrote the influential and highly acclaimed book, Winesburg, Ohio. He was born in Camden, Ohio, and grew up in Clyde, Ohio. Anderson had a tumultuous childhood, and his experiences of poverty and his family's financial struggles had a lasting impact on his writing. Anderson served in the Spanish-American War, and afterwards attended Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio, where he studied biology and journalism. After college, Anderson moved to Chicago and worked for several newspapers, eventually becoming an advertising copywriter. In 1912, Anderson moved to Elyria, Ohio, and became a partner in a successful paint business. However, he continued to write, and in 1919, he published his first novel, Windy McPherson's Son. His second novel, Poor White, was published the following year. In 1920, Anderson published his masterpiece, the short story collection Winesburg, Ohio. The book was an immediate success and it established Anderson as one of the most important authors of the modernist movement. Anderson continued to write novels, stories, and essays, and in 1925, he published his most popular work, Dark Laughter. Anderson's works were highly praised for their honest and poignant depiction of small-town life in America. His writing had a major influence on American literature and has been the subject of numerous critical studies. Anderson died in 1941 in Colon, Panama, while on a lecture tour.
- Print length108 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJanuary 18, 2020
- Dimensions6 x 0.27 x 9 inches
- ISBN-13979-8600496651
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- ASIN : B083XNNVQ2
- Publisher : Independently published (January 18, 2020)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 108 pages
- ISBN-13 : 979-8600496651
- Item Weight : 6.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.27 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #150,048 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,501 in Short Stories (Books)
- #4,361 in Classic Literature & Fiction
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He went back to advertising in Chicago, but he was encouraged by writers like Carl Sandburg and Theodore Dreiser to keep at his writing. He published verse and fiction in various literary magazines and soon had two published but undistinguished novels.
Then he turned his hand seriously to short stories, and in 1919, Anderson published a group of connected short stories entitled “Winesburg, Ohio.” Based roughly on his upbringing in Clyde, Ohio, southeast of Toledo and set about the turn of the century, the stories departed dramatically from the nostalgic idea of small-town Midwestern life.
A reader today would find the book surprisingly contemporary. Anderson called his characters a group of “grotesques,” men and women who were misfits in society and sometimes holding prominent town positions. Anderson’s grotesques, apparently, occurred in all walks of life – farmers, bankers, social matrons, and young and old alike. Some had become grotesque of circumstances beyond their control; others seemed to have developed their problems well enough on their own, as if it sprang from their inmost being.
Almost all of the stories include at least a reference to if not a major character in George Willard, who, while not yet a grotesque himself, has one for a mother. Willard is a young writer for Winesburg’s weekly newspaper. He follows the editor’s requirement to always include the names of townspeople in his stories, no matter how mundane their activities might be. The characters seem to gravitate toward him, as if he’s some kind of talisman. Willard also is the only character in the collection who seems the closest to what we might call “normal,” even though he has his own problems and weaknesses.
The young newspaperman has done what the other characters seemed to have failed to do – figure out how to live a reasonable life.
The characters are often unforgettable, even rather haunting. The man who talks with his hands. The doctor who is anything but a success in his medical and personal lives. George Willard’s mother, who seems to teeter on the edge of madness. The young man who was supposed to be a preacher but is called home to run the family’s farm – and becomes utterly ruthless. The girl who didn’t fit within her own family and the family that takes her in. The young woman who realizes that the boy she loves has left for good, never to return. The mother and son who live in the forgotten stone house. And so many more.
These short stories are no so much stories with a beginning, middle, and end as they are vividly drawn descriptions of the people who live inside the stories. You may not like these characters, but they are difficult to forget.
Anderson was a prolific writer, and it is his short stories that he’s best remembered for. “Winesburg, Ohio” is a classic, and deservedly so.
The book contains seemingly unrelated short stories, yet a common character, George Willard, is a journalist. The motley cast of characters shares their experiences and thoughts about loneliness and alienation in Winesburg. Many are hiding out in Winesburg after having had difficulties elsewhere. There are stories of missed dreams, unhappy marriages, sexual perversion, and repression. Some characters seek the truth and meaning of life, sometimes through their religious faith. However, many fears, doubts, and struggles add up to all the quiet tragedies of everyday life.
For anyone who enjoys a short story collection and a coming of age novel, this work nicely combines the two elements with stories that are funny, tragic and surprising. I definitely am happy I bought it and will read this again after my mind wraps around it.
I’m 70. I can’t read it. I will give it away and shop brick and mortar for better quality book.
This is second time Amazon sold me a paperback with tiny font. I’ll not be buying anymore paperback books on Amazon.
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Com uma escrita poderosa, no estilo do realismo poético, Sherwood Anderson produziu um verdadeiro clássico americano, reverenciado mais tarde por autores do calibre de John Fante (que o mencionou em "Sonhos de Bunker Hill") e Henry Miller (que o mencionou em "Sexus"). O livro é um brilhante retrato da vida em uma cidadezinha do Meio-Oeste no início do século XX, retratando com delicadeza e ironia a solidão e as frustrações de seus habitantes, às voltas com seus dilemas em relação ao amor, ao sexo, à necessidade de ser bem-visto na sociedade. Cada capítulo começa de maneira aparentemente banal e, ao fim, sempre dá um jeito de surpreender o leitor.
The stories are all taking place in a town called Winesburg. Although they seem to be connected and appear as sequels they can also be perceived as separate little stories.